Neale-Wade Community College
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Neale-Wade Community College is a British college in March, Cambridgeshire
, that can trace its history back to 1696 when William Neale left an estate, the income of which was to help educate 8 poor boys. In 1717, Henry Wade left £20 per annum to pay for a schoolmaster to teach 20 poor children of the Parish. These two bequests were the origin of what eventually became March Grammar School. The existing College site was established in the 1964 as many educational changes were sweeping the country. The school became known as 'Neale-Wade' in 1969 as selective mixed 13 to 18 institution. In 1983, after a great deal of debate and considerable building, the Neale-Wade merged with the existing Hereward School to form a new comprehensive on the Neale-Wade site. It was agreed to keep the Neale-Wade name while designating the School a "Community College".
It is a specialist College in Mathematics and Computing (designated in 2005). It is currently being rebuilt as part of the Building Schools for the Future
programme. The principal is Tim Hitch. It provides education for pupils aged 11–16, as well as a sixth form
.
March, Cambridgeshire
March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council.The town was an important...
, that can trace its history back to 1696 when William Neale left an estate, the income of which was to help educate 8 poor boys. In 1717, Henry Wade left £20 per annum to pay for a schoolmaster to teach 20 poor children of the Parish. These two bequests were the origin of what eventually became March Grammar School. The existing College site was established in the 1964 as many educational changes were sweeping the country. The school became known as 'Neale-Wade' in 1969 as selective mixed 13 to 18 institution. In 1983, after a great deal of debate and considerable building, the Neale-Wade merged with the existing Hereward School to form a new comprehensive on the Neale-Wade site. It was agreed to keep the Neale-Wade name while designating the School a "Community College".
It is a specialist College in Mathematics and Computing (designated in 2005). It is currently being rebuilt as part of the Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
programme. The principal is Tim Hitch. It provides education for pupils aged 11–16, as well as a sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
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