Coleridge Community College
| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Principal | Mark Patterson |
| Location |
Radegund Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3RJ England Coordinates: 52°11′38″N 0°09′11″E / 52.194°N 0.153°E |
| Local authority | Cambridgeshire |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | Parkside Federation |
Coleridge Community College is a secondary academy school with 600 places for children aged 11–16, situated on Radegund Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The school is now a member of the Parkside Federation[1] along with Parkside Community College. Previously, it had been placed on special measures, and was due to be closed. However, its most recent Ofsted report[2] rated it overall as "broadly average".
Originally two segregated schools, the Coleridge Secondary Modern School for Boys was located in the right half and the Coleridge Secondary Modern School for Girls in the left half of the mirror-image twin main building, with a separate dedicated gymnasium located behind the Girls' school, and prefabricated classroom outbuildings surrounding its internal playing fields at the rear of the Boys' school. The two schools were merged into a Comprehensive School from the 1966 school year as part of the national reorganisation of secondary and grammar schools. Teachers of note at the time (for their kindness or strictness) were Mr (Colonel) Harris (English Language), Mrs Mansfield (French), Mr Webster (Geography), Mrs Kay Harper (girls' Head of English), Mr Michael Grosvenor-Myer (boys' Head of English), Mr Dangerfield (Metalwork), Mr Jack Overhill (PE), Mr Lucas (History). The boys' school Head Master was Mr Wilfred Kingdon, the girls' headmistress was Miss Enid Lunn.
Coleridge has almost identical admission arrangements to other schools within Cambridgeshire. Any parent can apply for a place, with priority going to children who are in public care, then to those living in the designated catchment area, then to those with older siblings at the school and finally to those living nearest the school.
References
- ↑ http://www.parksidefederation.org.uk/parkside-federation-academies/our-schools/ "Parkside Federation Academies runs two secondary schools in Cambridge, Coleridge Community College and Parkside Community College. We also operate an international Sixth Form, Parkside Sixth."
- ↑ Ofsted report