Portslade Community College

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name = Portslade Community College


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motto = "Caring For Achievement"
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type = Comprehensive
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head_label = Principal
head = Mr Mike Tait
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street = Chalky Road
city = Portslade, Brighton
county = East Sussex
country = England
postcode = BN41 2WS
LEA = Brighton and Hove
ofsted = 114599
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enrollment = 1240
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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Portslade Community College (PCC) is a comprehensive school situated in Portslade, near Brighton, England, UK. It has around 1,030 pupils led by the Principle, Mr Mike Tait, and the head of the Sixth Form is Mr. Graham Steel cite web|url=http://www.pcc-web.com/6th/Index.asp |title=PCC 6th Form Welcome |accessdate=2008-03-25 |publisher=PCC ] .

Location and History

Portslade Community College utilises three main sites cite web|url=http://www.pcc-web.com/com-ed/images/map.gif|title=PCC locations |accessdate=2008-03-25 ] :
* Main school (Chalky Road site) Coord|50.851176|-0.223438
* Sixth Form Centre Coord|50.842492|-0.223202
* Village Centre Coord|50.841367| -0.218954The main Chalky Road site also houses a community Library and Sports Centre cite web|url=http://www.citylibraries.info/libraries/portslade.asp |title=Portslade Library |accessdate=2008-03-25 ] cite web|url=http://pcc-web.com/sports/ |title=Portslade Sports Centre |accessdate=2008-03-25 ] .The college was opened by Margaret Thatcher, before she became Prime Minister.The Chalky Road site was previously known as Portslade Secondary Modern School for Girls, (circa 1947) and then later Mile Oak Girls School, (circa 1954) cite web|url=http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8612.aspx |title=Mile Oak Girls School |accessdate=2008-03-25 ] .

Sixth Form Centre

The sixth form centre is situated about a mile away from the main site, at the top of Portslade High Street. cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=114599&inspectionNumber=279422&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\114\\s5_114599_20060314.xml |title=Portslade Community College - Inspection Report |accessdate=2008-03-25 |last=Rhowbotham |first=Martyn |date=2005-11-17 |publisher=OFSTED ] .This site also been used in the past for both Windlesham School, and Portslade Community College Lower School. The Sixth Form college was previously located within the old Mile Oak Approved School ('Bad Boys' school in the 1960s and 1970's), in Mile Oak Road cite web|url=http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6020.aspx |title=Introductiopn to Mile Oak |accessdate=2008-03-25 ] .

Academic Results

Adult Education

In 2006, 645 adult students gained a qualification with the college cite web|url=http://www.pcc-web.com/com-ed/introduction.asp |title=PCC Adult Learning Introduction |accessdate=2008-03-25 ] .

Secondary Education

32% of students achieved Level 2 (5+A*-C) including English and maths GCSEs, in GCSE and equivalent achievements of students at the end of Key Stage 4.

Awards and Initiatives

The Adult Education centre within the College was shortlisted, as one of four Colleges, for an ‘Education Oscars’ event organised by the Centre for Excellence in Leadership cite web|url=http://www.pcc-web.com/com-ed/Index.asp |title=PCC Adult Learning |accessdate=2008-03-25 ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.pcc-web.com/Index.asp Portslade Community College Offical Page]
* [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_07.pl?No=8464049&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=1&Year=07&Base=b&Num=846 PCC Department for children, Schools and Families 2007 Attainment table]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=114599&providerCategoryID=8192 PCC OFSTED school page]