Chesterton Community College
| Established | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Lucy Scott |
| Chair | Simon Peyton Jones |
| Location |
Gilbert Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3NY England 52°13′03″N 0°07′14″E / 52.2174°N 0.12042°ECoordinates: 52°13′03″N 0°07′14″E / 52.2174°N 0.12042°E |
| DfE number | 873/4029 |
| DfE URN | 136887 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 895 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses |
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| Website | chestertoncc |
Chesterton Community College is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Chesterton, Cambridge in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1935 as two separate schools for boys and girls, which merged in 1974 to form a mixed comprehensive school and adult centre. Chesterton was granted Community College status in 1983, and became an academy in 2011.
Chesterton Community College is a state non-selective mixed school for pupils aged 11 to 16. Over 90 languages are spoken by Chesterton pupils and over 25% of pupils come from homes where English is not the first language. The staff comprises over 50 teachers, 60 community tutors and 50 support staff. The college received the Investors in People Award in July 1999. The College provides a range of community education to the county, with over 3000 members of the local community using the site each week.
At the last Ofsted inspection on 9 October 2013, Chesterton received '2' (Good) mark in all areas of its standards.
In 2003, the UK television channel Five produced a 13-part television series called Stepping Up, which featured a range of Year 7 pupils at Chesterton Community College, to monitor their transition from primary to secondary education. 'Stepping Up' was broadcast on Five in the spring of 2004, and repeated in full on Teacher's TV at the end of 2007. It is still regularly repeated on Teacher's TV, though usually in the early hours of the morning.
The college's main building was built in 1935, when it was separate girls' and boys' secondary modern schools. It contained classrooms and gender-segregated school halls, libraries and offices. In the '60s, it received an enclosed indoor corridor, replacing the outdoor walkway. In 1992, the building changed further: the staff room was knocked through and made into two classrooms, enabling the corridor to run through the whole block. At the top end, the old girls' school library provided a link to the new 1992 extension. A separate gym building was provided at the side for Physical Education, with separate boys' and girls' rooms and changing. This building now houses the school's drama studios. The back playground also featured a large tall wall to separate the boys' and girls' schools. The long filled-in tarmac line in the playground served as a reminder of this, however the playground has since been resurfaced and the line is no longer visible.
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