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Cambridge High School for Girls

Long Road Sixth Form College
Long Road Sixth Form College logo.png
Address
Long Road
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 8PX
England
Information
School type Sixth Form College
Established 1974
Status Open
LEA Cambridgeshire LA
Ofsted number 130616
Chairperson Ian Wilson
Principal Yolanda Botham
Staff 190
Gender Mixed
Age 16 to 19
Enrolment 2300 (2017)
Language English
Campus size 23-acre (93,000 m2)
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Sports Badminton, basketball, football, hockey, netball, rounders, rugby, tennis, cricket, volleyball
Feeder schools Bassingbourn Village College, Bottisham Village College, Cambourne Village College, Chesterton Community College, Ely College, Coleridge Community College, Comberton Village College, Cottenham Village College, Impington Village College, Linton Village College, Manor Community College, Melbourn Village College, Netherhall School, Parkside Community College, Sawston Village College, Soham Village College, St Bedes Inter-Church School, Swavesey Village College, University Technical College Cambridge, Witchford Village College
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Long Road Sixth Form College (LRSFC) is a public sector co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England. It is situated on Long Road, from which it draws its name, and is also located next to the Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus which encompasses Addenbrooke's Hospital. The college provides full-time A level courses in addition to Level 3 Diploma courses, Level 2 Diploma courses and GCSE consolidation courses.

The college was established in 1974 and occupies a 23-acre (93,000 m2) site. Prior to this it was the Cambridgeshire High School for Girls, a girls' grammar school. A significant proportion of the college's current buildings date from this period, although there has been extensive renovation and the construction of three entirely new buildings, as well as a new sports centre that opened in 2005 (the college's first new sports building since 1939). Other recent renovation projects included the expansion of the Learning Resource Centre (2010), state of the art Performing Arts studios (June 2012) and the Student Centre (November 2012). Science laboratories were updated in August 2013 and new teaching spaces for Media Diploma and Business Diploma courses opened in August 2013. Additional classroom space has been provided for Sociology and for the Level 4 Foundation in Art & Design (2015). There are extended classrooms for the Criminology Diploma (2016).

The college has approximately 2,300 full-time students, who are between the ages of 16 and 19. Most of these students study on A level courses, although an increasing number are taking Level 3 Diploma courses, and many also study on one-year GCSE courses or Level 2 Diploma courses. Around 75% of students go on to higher education each year, they apply to a broad range of different universities. A significant proportion of students each year also go onto full-time apprenticeships, including degree apprenticeships. Others go straight into full-time employment or take a gap year before further study or work. The college is in the top 25% in the country for helping students achieve better grades than were predicted when they joined the college.


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