Long Road Sixth Form College
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Long Road Sixth Form College (LRSFC) is a state funded co-educational sixth form college
in Cambridge
, England
. It is situated on Long Road, from which it draws its name, and is also located next to the Bio-Medical Campus
which encompasses Addenbrooke's Hospital
. The college provides full-time AS and A-level courses in addition to GCSE retake courses and many vocational courses.
. A significant portion of the college's current buildings date from this period, although there has been extensive renovation and the construction of three entirely new blocks, as well as a new sports centre that opened in 2005 (the college's first new sports building since 1939). Other recent renovation projects included the expansion of the Learning Resource Centre and the creation of two new classrooms.
. A significant proportion of students each year also go into full-time work, often in management traineeships, or take a gap year before further study or work.
The college had been rated 3rd best sixth form in all of Cambridgeshire in 2009.
, several open access computer rooms, a canteen
, and a coffee bar on the ground floor. B and C blocks, which contain the Biology
, Chemistry
, Physics
and Computing
departments are located on the first floor.
nasium), a football pitch
, a rugby
pitch, two outdoor basketball
courts and two tennis
courts.
producer Dan Gresham (Nu:Tone) was a previous teacher of Music Technology.
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, 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...
. It is situated on Long Road, from which it draws its name, and is also located next to the Bio-Medical Campus
Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus
Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus, located at the southwest end of Hills Road on the southern edge of Cambridge, England, is one of the largest centres of health science and medical research in Europe...
which encompasses Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned teaching hospital in Cambridge, England, with strong links to the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street with £4,500 from the will of Dr John Addenbrooke, a fellow of St Catharine's College...
. The college provides full-time AS and A-level courses in addition to GCSE retake courses and many vocational courses.
History
The college was established in 1974 and occupies a 23 acres (93,077.8 m²) site. Prior to this it was the Cambridgeshire High School for Girls, a girls grammar schoolGrammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
. A significant portion of the college's current buildings date from this period, although there has been extensive renovation and the construction of three entirely new blocks, as well as a new sports centre that opened in 2005 (the college's first new sports building since 1939). Other recent renovation projects included the expansion of the Learning Resource Centre and the creation of two new classrooms.
The college today
The college has approximately 2,000 full-time students enrolled, the majority of whom are between the ages of 16 and 19. Most of these students study on A- and AS-Level courses, although an increasing number are taking National Diploma courses or Vocational A-Levels, and many also study on one-year GCSE courses (typically 7%). Those who make applications but do not achieve the 5 A*-C grades required to study A levels at the college are given the option of retaking and re-applying next year. Around 75% of students go onto Higher Education from Long Road each year and students tend to apply for a broad range of different universities, from Redbricks to former Polytechnics, with a small proportion going on to OxbridgeOxbridge
Oxbridge is a portmanteau of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior social status...
. A significant proportion of students each year also go into full-time work, often in management traineeships, or take a gap year before further study or work.
The college had been rated 3rd best sixth form in all of Cambridgeshire in 2009.
Layout
The college is spread out around several buildings, divided into 'subject blocks'. The main building consists of the college libraryLibrary
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...
, several open access computer rooms, a canteen
Cafeteria
A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen...
, and a coffee bar on the ground floor. B and C blocks, which contain the Biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and Computing
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
departments are located on the first floor.
Subjects
A wide range of A level subjects and National Diplomas are offered, in addition to GCSE subjects for students wishing to retake.Sports
The college is fairly well funded in terms of sport and has an indoor sports centre (which includes a modern gymGym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium), a football pitch
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
, a rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
pitch, two outdoor basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
courts and two tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
courts.
Notable Teachers
Drum and BassDrum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
producer Dan Gresham (Nu:Tone) was a previous teacher of Music Technology.
Notable alumni
- Heather CraneyHeather CraneyHeather Craney is an English actress, known for portraying Joyce Drake in Vera Drake, Alison Weaver in Life of Riley and Emily Holroyd in Torchwood.-Background:...
, an actress who has appeared in Vera DrakeVera DrakeVera Drake is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, telling the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions...
, Life of RileyLife of Riley (TV series)Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One & BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couples four children, Danny, , Katy , Ted and Rosie...
and TorchwoodTorchwoodTorchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from... - Everton FoxEverton FoxEverton Fox is a British weather presenter. After working for the Met Office at the BBC Weather Centre he moved to the Al Jazeera English channel.-Biography:...
, a weather presenter who previously presented for BBC WeatherBBC WeatherBBC Weather is the BBC's department in charge of preparing and broadcasting weather forecasts and is now part of BBC News. The broadcast meteorologists are employed by the Met Office... - P. D. JamesP. D. JamesPhyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL , commonly known as P. D. James, is an English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.-Life and career:James...
, a crime writer (when the school was the Cambridgeshire High School for Girls). - Kyan KuatoisKyan KuatoisKyan, born Kyan Kuatois is a British singer-songwriter.-Career:Kyan decided to pursue music instead of attending a world class university, despite having achieved straight A grades in his A-Levels....
, Singer-songwriterSinger-songwriterSinger-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
who appeared on Must Be the MusicMust Be The Music (TV series)Must Be the Music was a British television musical talent competition contested by aspiring singers and musicians drawn from public auditions. The show was a music competition and reality show that was broadcast in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Auditions were held in Edinburgh,...
. - Emerald O'Hanrahan, Actress who plays Emma Carter in The ArchersThe ArchersThe Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...
.