Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre

Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre (The NCS) Best
Principal	Mouhssin Ismail, LLB (Hons), LLM (Lon), PGCE
Deputy Principal	Anita Lomax, BA (Hons) Sociology, PGCE (Social Sciences)
Location	326 Barking Road East Ham London E6 2BB UK
Local authority	Newham
Capacity	500
Ages	16–18
Website	The NCS.co.uk

Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre (also known as The NCS) opened in September 2014. It is located in a fully restored Grade II* listed building on the Town Hall campus in East Ham. As part of the building renovation it contains nine new labs for studying the Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) for which it holds a specialist teaching status alongside Maths.

The founding Principal, Mouhssin Ismail, was the former Director of Sixth Form at Seven Kings High School.^[1] Many key teachers – including Deputy Principal Anita Lomax – also joined from Seven Kings.^[2]

Partnerships

Working with Newham Council, the NCS is the academic A Level centre of a group of partner secondary schools in the borough. These schools are Cumberland, Kingsford, Lister, Little Ilford, Plashet, Rokeby, Royal Docks, Sarah Bonnell and Stratford School Academy.^[3]

On 12 November 2014 UCL announced a strategic partnership with Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre. The partnership aligns with the aims of UCL 2034, reflecting UCL’s commitment to being a publicly engaged institution with an interest in the education of London students.^[4]

Curriculum

The centre offers the following A Level courses: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English Literature, Further Maths, Geography, Government and Politics, History, Maths, Physics, Psychology and Religious Studies.^[5]

Super Curriculum

In addition, the NCS offers its own "Super Curriculum." This is timetabled once a week and students select from a range of topics including a biology project studying Planeria, Classical Civilisation and complex maths.

The Super Curriculum encompasses other elements including master classes, soft skills workshops and a lecture programme.

Guest speakers / Lecture Programme

The NCS has arranged for numerous leaders to visit their school and lecture students on their careers and issues related to their studies. A number of these lectures have been made freely available to view on iTunes and the school’s YouTube channel.

Guest speakers have included Natalie Bennett, Owen Jones, Sir Win Bischoff, Dr Mark Dallas, Dr Aziz Aboobaker, Annabel Port, Stephen Timms MP, Dr Kenneth Tong, Dr George McGavin, Jason Dittmer, Simon Singh, Dr Catherine Sebastian and Sir Robin Wales.^[6]

References

Schools and colleges in Newham

State primary schools	Chobham Academy Langdon Academy

State secondary schools	Brampton Manor Academy Chobham Academy Cumberland School Eastlea Community School Forest Gate Community School Kingsford Community School Langdon Academy Lister Community School Little Ilford School Plashet School Rokeby School The Royal Docks Community School St Angela's Ursuline School St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School Sarah Bonnell School Stratford School

Independent schools	Grangewood Independent School

FE & sixth form colleges	London Academy of Excellence Newham College of Further Education Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre Newham Sixth Form College

Defunct schools	Plaistow County Grammar School Tyndale Academy Walton Road School

Coordinates: 51°31′58″N 0°03′23″E / 51.5329°N 0.0563°E / 51.5329; 0.0563

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