John Cleveland College (Hinckley)

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John Cleveland College is Hinckley's main state-funded educational establishment for children aged 14 to 19 (Year 10, 11, 12 & 13).

History
The College is the successor to the Hinckley Grammar School whose origins date back to Tudor England. John Cleveland was a Royalist poet who was a pupil at the Hinckley Grammar School. In the mid-1960s the school moved to its present site as a comprehensive school educating students between the ages of 14 and 18 and in 1974

it became the John Cleveland Community College. Today, some 1700 students in the 14-18 age group attend the College full-time.

There are 100 full and part-time teaching staff with 90 support staff. In addition there are numerous other groups and classes ranging from playgroups to the Cleveland Seniors using the College.

College Context
During the course of 2004 the College successfully bid for Science College Specialist School Status and exciting developments are now

taking place on this front. For example, the extensive re-development of the Science laboratories and the modernisation of the Mathematics suite of rooms has been undertaken.

For the last two years our overall pass rate at A level has been in excess of 90% with a significant percentage of A and B grades.

At GCSE there has been major improvement with two years of well in excess of 50% of the cohort achieving 5 or more A*-C grades. In 2004 there were an outstanding 656 A* and A grades with the 5 A*-G pass rate moving from 88% to 92%.

The College - Its Location, Buildings and Facilities.
The College is located in a pleasant site on the outskirts of Hinckley overlooking a golf course and open countryside. The main buildings were constructed between 1964 and the mid-1970s and there has been a continuing process of updating and refurbishment. Each subject area has purpose built accommodation. In addition there is a Sixth Form Centre, Computerised Library and Resource Centre, Drama Workshop and Swimming Pool. There are extensive facilities for gym and sports with 30 acres of playing fields.

Butt Lane
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 1LE
Tel: 01455 632183
Source/Website: www.jcc.leics.sch.uk
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Coordinates:   52°32'43"N   1°21'12"W
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