William Bradford Community College
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William Bradford Community College is a co-educational comprehensive
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 Upper School and technology college in Earl Shilton
Earl Shilton
Earl Shilton is a small town in Leicestershire, England, some from Hinckley and about 10 miles from Leicester, with a population of around 9,000 .-History:...

, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
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, England
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 formally known as Earl Shilton Community College. The colleges subject strengths are ICT,Science and Design.

Admissions

It takes students from the age of fourteen until eighteen or nineteen. Most join the college from local high schools and 10% have special educational needs.
Principal: Caroline Churchill

Overseas links

The college has links in China, as of 1998. The college has links to Mianyang Nanshan Bilingual School in the Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

 province of the People's Republic of China
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. There have been many visits between schools; the most recent in July 2007. Eights students and two teachers from Earl Shilton visited Mianyang to display their performing arts skills.

Academic performance

89% of students passed five GCSEs at grade C or above for the academic year 2010/11

98% of students passed A-level examinations( A-E grades) in the academic year 2010/11

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