North Bristol Post 16 Centre is 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,...

 centre in Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, England. It is made up of two 'learning communities' at Cotham School

Cotham School

Cotham School is a secondary school with academy status in Cotham, a suburb of Bristol, England.-History:Its predecessor was the Merchant Venturers School.Until the academic year 2000/01, Cotham was a Grammar School...

 and at Redland Green School

Redland Green School

Redland Green School is a secondary school in Bristol, England, having facilities for 760 students aged 11 to 16 year-olds, 450 post-16 students, and dedicated facilities for 50 students with learning difficulties....

. It opened in September 2007, one year after Redland Green School opened for Year 7 pupils. It is the sixth form for both schools, as well as its feeder schools: Fairfield School

Fairfield High School (Bristol)

Fairfield High School is a state secondary school in Horfield, Bristol, England. It has 930 pupils aged 11 to 16.-History:In 2000, against a background of opposition by Bristol City Council to selective education and declining academic results, Fairfield closed as a grammar school and reopened as...

, Henbury School

Henbury School

Henbury School is a state secondary school in Henbury, Bristol, England.-History:The school opened in 1956 by Earl Attlee former Prime Minister. Its first Headmaster was John Luget from 1956 - 1976. In 2005, it was rebuilt under a Private Finance Initiative. It has approximately 800 students...

, Monks Park School, and Oasis Academy Brightstowe

Oasis Academy Brightstowe

Oasis Academy Brightstowe is an secondary school with academy status in Bristol, England. It opened in September 2008 in the buildings of the former Portway Community School. The academy provides education for 485 students aged 11 to 16....

. It also accepts a limited number of applicants from other schools.

Prior to the establishment of the centre, Cotham School had its own sixth form. By virtue of being part of Cotham School, the centre has a specialism in performing arts. It is also seeking specialist science status because of Redland Green's science laboratories and technical support staff.

Learning Communities

Pupils choose at the start of Year 12 to be based at either Charnwood House at Cotham, or at Redland Green. Each has its own 'student services team' which aims to look after the welfare of pupils.
Pupils are both students of the centre and pupils of the school they choose as their learning community.

Director

The Director has overall responsibility for the centre, but each learning community has an Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for their respective learning community.
The current Director is Karen Cornick, who has a degree in History from the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...

. She replaced Chris Conoley who left at the end of the 2007/2008 academic year.