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Cambridge , England , CB2 8PE | |
Coordinates | 52°11′17″N0°08′07″E / 52.188151°N 0.135297°E |
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School type | Sixth form college |
Motto | Latin: Virtute et fide By virtue and faith |
Established | 1974 |
School district | In co-operation with Cambridge CAP Partnership |
Authority | Directly government managed in co-operation with Cambs LEA |
Department for Education URN | 130615 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Principal | Jo Trump |
Teaching staff | 135 |
Gender | Mixed |
Age range | Generally 16–19 (full-time), all ages (evening classes) |
School roll | c. 2,096 full-time, c. 3,675 part-time[ citation needed ] |
Average class size | 22 |
Language | English |
Hours in school day | Variable |
Classrooms | 94 |
Colour(s) | Maroon and sky blue |
Sports | Badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders, rowing, rugby, squash, tennis, volleyball |
Nickname | "Hills" |
Test average | 98% pass, 48.8% A grade |
Newspaper | The Phoenix |
Website | www |
Hills Road Sixth Form College (commonly referred to as HRSFC, Hills Road or just Hills) is a public sector co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England, providing full-time A-level courses for approximately 2400 sixth form students [1] from the surrounding area and a variety of courses to around 4,000 part-time students of all ages in the adult education programme, held as daytime and evening classes.
Hills Road Sixth Form College was established on 15 September 1974 on the site of the former Cambridgeshire High School for Boys. [2] It was founded as part of the transition to a comprehensive education system in Cambridgeshire, which replaced grammar schools and secondary moderns with a structure based on 11–16 comprehensive schools and sixth form colleges.[ citation needed ]
Since its foundation, the college has expanded its campus with a number of new facilities. The Sports and Tennis Centre opened in 1995. The Colin Greenhalgh Building, which houses English, modern languages, and history, was added soon after. In 2004, the Rob Wilkinson Building was developed to accommodate the physics, chemistry, and computer science departments. The following year, the Margaret Ingram Guidance Centre was opened to provide specialist tutorial space. The Linda Sinclair Building, opened in 2016, houses the mathematics and physical education departments. [3] In 2023, the Study Centre was opened, offering additional student study areas and a rooftop staff facility. [4] [5]
Although the college had proposed a major campus redesign between 2010 and 2013, the scope of the project was reduced due to the economic climate. Nonetheless, upgrades were made in 2010 to administrative areas and teaching spaces, including additional classrooms for physical sciences, psychology, and art, an expanded and relocated staffroom, a partially refurbished library, a new resource area, and a rebuilt student social space.
In the early 1990s, responsibility for further education was transferred from local authorities to central government. Like other further education colleges, Hills Road began receiving direct public funding.
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In January 2014 Hills Road was named the "creme de la creme" of state schools by Tatler Magazine, and included in Tatler's list of thirty elite state school in the United Kingdom. [18] The 2009 Alps Report placed the College third in the sixth form college performance table and in the top 1% for all institutions. [19] According to the 2009 edition of the BBC's English school tables, the school's student have performed above average in A-Level examinations. [20]
The college has achieved an Ofsted rating of 'Outstanding' from its first inspection in 2001. [21]