Helston Community College

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Helston Community College
Address
Helston Community College
Church Hill

Helston
,
Cornwall
,
TR13 8NR
Coordinates 50°06′25″N5°16′25″W / 50.10694°N 5.27351°W / 50.10694; -5.27351
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Cornwall Council
TrustTruro and Penwith Multi Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 143981 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherAlex Lingard
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 18
Colour(s)Blue
Website http://www.helston.cornwall.sch.uk/

Helston Community College (formerly Gwealhellis Secondary Modern School) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Helston in the English county of Cornwall. [1]

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The South Site of the school was previously a grammar school that had Derwent Coleridge as a headmaster. His pupils included Charles Kingsley, [2] John Duke Coleridge, Richard Edmonds, Thomas Rowe Edmonds, John Rogers, Henry Trengrouse and James Trevenen. [3] [4]

Previously a foundation school administered by Cornwall Council and a Co-operative Trust, [5] in June 2017 Helston Community College converted to academy status and became sponsored by the Southerly Point Co-operative Multi Academy Trust. [6] The Department for Education transferred the College to Truro and Penwith MAT in January 2023 and Southerly Point Co-operative MAT was shut.

Helston Community College offers GCSEs, BTECs and City and Guilds courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.

Pupils from the school take part in the annual Furry Dance, an ancient Cornish custom which is held on the Feast of St. Michael.

The north site of the school whereas was originally built and was opened officially April 2018. The original north site was demolished and the ground was used as a car park for the current school. The new building sits behind where the old was, Sitting on-top of an area which used to be a sports pitch. The old building started demolition on the 17th October 2019.


The current north site (North Site 2.0) cost £17 million and the school had to fight for the funds in order to finish. The old building finished demolition at the start of September. Then the work on the car park started.


The new building is 3-Tiers tall and contains these floors:

3: Science/Computing

2: English/Maths

1: Canteen/Design Technology/Sports hall/Gym/Dance Studio/Food Technology

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Helston Community College". Helston.cornwall.sch.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Rapple, Brendan A. "Brief Biography of Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875". Boston College Libraries. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  3. ↑ Rowse, A. L. (1976). "Chapter 2 "Oxford"". Matthew Arnold: Poet and Prophet . London: Thames and Hudson. p.  25. ISBN   0-500-01163-X.
  4. ↑ The further alumni are cited as Helston students in ODNB articles on them.
  5. ↑ "Co-operative Education Trust | College Information". Helston.cornwall.sch.uk. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Helston Community College".
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