Hereford Sixth Form College A GSG School
- Hereford Sixth Form College
Folly Lane
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 1LU - Head: Catherine Brearey
- T 01432 355166
- F 01432 346901
- E [email protected]
- W www.hereford.ac.uk/
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 16 to 99.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Herefordshire
- Pupils: 2,045; sixth formers: 2213 (987 boys; 1226 girls)
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Excellent reputation locally and beyond – and with good reason. Value-added knocks the socks off most educational institutions in the country, and every classroom we visited felt busy and industrious. ‘You get swept along with wanting to work hard,’ said a student. Good breadth too, with A levels in practically everything you can think of and probably some you can’t, eg geology and history of art. BTECs in abundance too. ‘The sheer range means they can find their passions – in my daughter’s case, media studies.’ We met everyone from natural self-starters to those admitting they had, at some point...
What the school says...
Hereford Sixth form College is a maintained sixth form college. It regularly gains one of the highest A level points scores per entry of nearly 100 sixth form colleges nationally and is rated Outstanding by Ofsted in all aspects of its work. The College was awarded Learning and Skills Beacon Status by the Department for education for its outstanding contribution to 16-19 education and in 2016 was given the Times Educational Supplement's 'Sixth Form College of the Year' award. But, it is more than a place to gain qualifications. It is a bridge between school and university where students develop skills, make new friends and become members of a vibrant and caring community. The College has excellent, purpose built facilities including a performing arts centre, recital room, recording studios, fitness centre, sportshall and all-weather pitches and a variety of student study and social spaces. The College offers a broad education in a caring and supportive environment which enables students to gain excellent results and participate in a wide variety of activities such as music, sport, drama and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Above all the College is an enjoyable and exciting place in which to study. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Executive principal
Executive principal since 2017 is Peter Cooper, previously deputy principal for 18 years and before that at Kenilworth High School and Priestley College, Warrington. As head honcho of such a vast institution (over 2,000 students), it would be easy to assume he’s a suit in an ivory tower – but he’s down-to-earth with a deep social conscience and his finger on the pulse. In fact, you’ll often find him joining students in the canteen where he’ll tell them, ‘I’m thinking of doing this, what do you think?’ ‘It grounds things and you get instant feedback,’ he told us. They find him ‘easy company’ and ‘interested in us’. Chemistry degree from Nottingham, though points out he could have been an Oxbridge candidate, ‘which is why I’m so keen to steer more of our students...
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