New College Leicester Explained

New College Leicester
Coordinates:52.6421°N -1.1799°W
Type:Foundation school
Head Label:Principal
Head:Jane Brown
Address:Greencoat Road
New Parks
City:Leicester
County:Leicestershire
Country:England
Postcode:LE3 6RN
Local Authority:Leicester City Council
Ofsted:yes
Urn:131945
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Website:http://www.newcollege.leicester.sch.uk/

New College Leicester (formed in 1999/2000 in a merger between New Parks Community College, Alderman Newton's School, and Wycliffe Community College) is a coeducational foundation secondary school and sixth form, located in the New Parks area of Leicester in the English county of Leicestershire.[1]

New College Leicester became a foundation school in June 2010. As a foundation school it is administered by a trust which includes Leicester City Council, Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College and the CfBT Education Trust.[2] [3]

The school offers GCSEs, BTECs and ASDAN qualifications as programmes of study for pupils; those in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . New College Leicester . 2014-01-21.
  2. Web site: Trust Overview . New College Leicester . 2014-01-21.
  3. Web site: New College Leicester - GOV.UK . Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . 2023-01-08.
  4. Web site: Curriculum . New College Leicester . 2014-01-21.