Immanuel College is a voluntary aided Church of England

Church of England

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  secondary school in the City of Bradford

City of Bradford

The City of Bradford is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden and...

 LEA

Local Education Authority

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, in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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, England

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. It has around 1,200 students, ranging from 11–18 years old. It was officially opened in October 2001, and is currently one of the most improving schools in Yorkshire.

About The School

The school began when construction began in 2000, and was finally opened in 2001 by the Bishop Of Bradford. The school now has modern facilities such as modern computer suites in most departments, dining facilities and a large sports hall. This year has seen some of the best results so far with a gain in 5 A*-C pass rate of 88%. Its name has now been changed along with its logo to simply Immanuel College.

Charity work

The school has also participated in a trip to Gambia in 2006, where over 20 students along with teachers helped to build a new library

Library

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 in a remote village

Village

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. The school raised over £2,000 to build the library which they then continued to paint and supply books for. The school returned the next year and helped paint the classrooms of the school and gave supplies for its completion once they left. The school also often has non uniform days where students pay £1 to wear their own clothes. In the more recent years, sixth form students have also had "fancy dress days" to raise money for charity.

Layout

Number	Area	Uses
1.	Sports Hall	PE Physical education Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
2.	F Block	Geography Geography Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes... , History History History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians... , Religious education Religious education In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion and its varied aspects —its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles...
3.	The Quad	Breaktime
4.	Assembly Halls	Assemblies, exams
5.	C Block	English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... , Maths
6.	B Block	Science Science Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe... , French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...  [Spanish]
7.	A Block	Technology Technology Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;... , Art Art Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
8.	J Block	Reprographics, Admin
9.	6th Form Common Room	Research Research Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method... , Rest
10.	Library Library In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...	Research
11.	I Block	ICT ICT (education) Information and communication technologies in education deal with the use of information and communication technologies within educational technology.-Purpose:... , Child Development Child development Child development stages describe theoretical milestones of child development. Many stage models of development have been proposed, used as working concepts and in some cases asserted as nativist theories....
12.	Dining Hall	Dinner, Rest
13.	D Block	Dramatic Arts, Music

School data

Background Information

Total number of pupils (all ages) 1133
Number of day pupils of compulsory school age 1090
% of half days missed due to authorised absence 3.8%
% of half days missed due to unauthorised absence 37.2%


School Data from (Data from 2005)

Images

A 3D version of the school has been created by Jonathan Elliott, a former student of the college, a download link is available. To view this model it requires a copy of Google Earth

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 as well as the official 3D Warehouse plugin created by Google

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. (Click here to Download the 3D Warehouse Plugin), and (Click here to download the model).