Bede College

Situated off Marsh House Avenue in Billingham, Bede Sixth Form College offers a variety of A level and A level equivalent courses along with full-time opportunities in Sport and Public Services.

Not to be confused with Beda College.

Bede Sixth Form College
Address
Marsh House Avenue

Billingham
,
County Durham
,
TS23 3HB

England
Coordinates54°37′01″N 1°16′56″W
Information
Established1962 (as Billingham Campus)
Local authorityNorth East England LSC (although in Stockton-on-Tees LEA)
Department for Education URN128519 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderCoeducational
Age16 to 19
Enrolmentc.500
Former namesBillingham Campus, Bede College, Bede Sixth Form College
Websitewww.stockton.ac.uk/bede/

It was established in 1972, following a reorganisation of various schools on the Billingham Campus site.[1] It merged with Stockton Riverside College in May 2008.

Part of the newly named Education Training Collective (Etc.), the Group incorporates Stockton Riverside College, Redcar and Cleveland College, Bede Sixth Form College, NETA Training and The Skills Academy.

Supporting sporting excellence, Bede is a TASS accredited college, with a dedicated sports centre situated on its site.

Admissions

Bede Sixth Form College provides A-Level and vocational courses. It took its name from the famous Northumbrian scholar The Venerable Bede.

History

Three halls of the site was built in 1962 by George Wimpey as Billingham Campus' on 50 acres (200,000 m2) for Teesside Education Committee. The first hall had been built in 1958. It included a five form-entry co-educational grammar-technical school, Bede Hall Grammar School'(which included a sixth form), and 3 secondary modern schools 'Faraday Hall', 'Davy Hall' and 'Stephenson Hall'(an older school on Hale Road Billingham). In 1965 it was agreed to combine the whole site into one comprehensive school which took place in the early 1970s. Bede Hall Grammar school was renamed Brunner school but would later be demolished. The older building 'Stephenson Hall' became 'Bede 6th Form college'. Brunner Hall, Faraday Hall and Davy Hall became Billingham Campus, an 11-16 comprehensive school.

Sixth form college

Bede Sixth Form College left Cleveland County Council control on 1 April 1993, and was funded by the Further Education Funding Council for England until 2001 when funded by North East LSC. It merged with Stockton Riverside College in May 2008. The new buildings and sport centre were built by Morgan Ashurst, who won the contract in July 2008 and was officially opened in 2009.

Activities

The Bede College Choir sang "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" in the film Atonement,[2] which won an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score in 2007.

Courses

AS and A level

A level and A level equivalent courses include:

  • Applied Law
  • Applied Science
  • Art & Design
  • Biology
  • Business Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Classical Civilisation
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Media Production
  • Criminology
  • Economics
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Film Studies
  • Further Mathematics
  • Geography
  • Government & Politics
  • Health & Social Care
  • History
  • Law
  • Mathematics
  • Media Studies
  • Music Technology
  • Performing Arts
  • Photography
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
  • Sociology
  • Sport & Exercise Science

Full-time vocational courses
  • Public Services
  • Sport & Exercise Science

Notable alumni

The following list is of notable ex pupils:

  • Matt Cowley – Professional Drummer.
  • Heather Black – Prominent member of the RAF Skeleton Association

References
  1. Bede College: the first 25 years 1972-1997, a memory compiled and edited by Dr A W Lewis. 1997
  2. "Soundtracks for Atonement". Imdb. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
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