Lodge park technology college
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Lodge Park Technology College is an 11-18 comprehensive school in Corby
Corby
Corby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure...

, Northamptonshire with over 1200 students.

Background

Founded in 1964, the college was one of the very first wave of specialist schools designated in 1994. Lodge Park is situated on the western edge of Corby
Corby
Corby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure...

, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

and takes students from right across the town and the surrounding villages. The college enjoys a strong reputation locally as a caring school with excellent results. Lodge Park is a focus school for the ICT Register.

Awards

The college has received a number of awards including Investor in People, ArtsMark Gold, the International Schools Award and ICT Mark.

Principals

The principals of Lodge Park have been Neville Rumbelow, Richard Parker, Tom Waterworth, Alison Hayes and the current Head, Guy Shearer

Lodge Park Trust

Lodge Park is a Trust School, in partnership with Land Securities and Dell Computer.
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