Paston College

Sketch of the original Paston building

Paston Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in the town of North Walsham in the English county of Norfolk. It was created in 1984 from a merger between the Paston School and North Walsham High School for Girls.

Students come to Paston from a wide geographical area of rural, coastal and Broadland Norfolk: from nearby high schools in Acle, Aylsham, Cromer, Martham (Flegg), North Walsham, Sheringham, Stalham and Wroxham (Broadland), and also from North Norwich, Reepham and further afield in Norfolk.

Ofsted Report 2011

In 2011 HMI inspectors noted that the retention rate for students on Foundation and Intermediate courses as insufficient. They also concluded that students' knowledge of their health and well being needed to be improved while teaching and learning could be made more effective by developing more effective differentiated activities.

HMI concluded that the lesson observation procedure needed to be improved to accurately reflect the usual experience of learners. Furthermore student participation in enrichment activities needed to be encouraged more, whilst HMI indicated that managers needed to implement college procedures properly and overall self -assessment reports required improvement. ^[1]

Curriculum

The curriculum is wide for a college of its size with over 60 AS/A courses AS and A level and 4 BTEC Extended Diplomas [equivalent to A-level]. Performing Arts are a feature of Paston with its own student theatre company. "Far East Theatre".

The college occupies the buildings of its 2 predecessor schools. The two sites include buildings dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, set in extensive lawns in the centre of the town.

Paston School

The Paston School, a grammar school was founded in 1606 by Sir William Paston, a libertarian, local magistrate, landowner and a member of an important local family. The emblem of the school was the griffin, which, along with six fleur de lys and the motto De mieux en mieux pour tout ("From good to better everywhere"), featured on the school coat of arms.^[2]

North Walsham High School for Girls

The grammar school for girls was founded in the early years of the 20th century, becoming a Norfolk county girls grammar school in 1919. The present College's Lawns Site was the site of the school. The founders of the school were the Misses Cooke and the girls were known locally as "Cookies".

Notable former pupils

The school is famous as the school of Admiral Lord Nelson, who attended the school with his brother William 1768-1771. The college still holds a small collection of artefacts relating to Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar. It was also attended by William Hoste, a naval commander who served under Nelson. Another famous old boy is Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury - 1691-1715. Other former pupils include the actor and writer Stephen Fry,^[3] Robin Nash, Head of Variety and then Head of Comedy at the BBC, Clive Baker, former goalkeeper with Norwich City, Barnsley F.C., Coventry City and Ipswich Town,^[4] Allan Smethurst, The Singing Postman and Craig Murray, the former ambassador to Uzbekistan.

Amongst those who attended North Walsham High School for Girls are Baroness Gillian Shephard, politician and former Conservative Secretary of State for Education and Employment and Carole Walker a BBC political correspondent. Sam Kelly, a musician who appeared on Britain's Got Talent, attended the school in its current form.

References

↑ "Ofsted | Paston Sixth Form College". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
↑ A History of the Paston School - Charles Forder, second edition 1975
↑ Moab is my Washpot - Stephen Fry
↑ http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/players/profile.phtml?&last=baker&first=clive

External links

Paston College Website

Schools in Norfolk

Primary	Eastgate Academy Iceni Academy Litcham School Nelson Academy Robert Kett Primary School

Secondary	Acle Academy Alderman Peel High School Archbishop Sancroft High School Attleborough Academy Aylsham High School Broadland High School Caister High School City Academy Norwich City of Norwich School Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Cromer Academy Dereham Neatherd High School Diss High School Downham Market Academy Fakenham Academy Flegg High School Framingham Earl High School Great Yarmouth High School Hellesdon High School Hethersett Academy The Hewett Academy Hobart High School Iceni Academy Jane Austen College King Edward VII School King's Lynn Academy Litcham School Long Stratton High School Lynn Grove High School Marshland High School The Nicholas Hamond Academy North Walsham High School Northgate High School Notre Dame High School Old Buckenham High School Open Academy Ormiston Venture Academy Ormiston Victory Academy Reepham High School St Clement's High School Sewell Park Academy Sheringham High School Smithdon High School Springwood High School Sprowston Community High School Stalham High School Taverham High School The Thetford Academy Thorpe St Andrew School UTC Norfolk Wayland Academy Wymondham College Wymondham High School

Independent	Glebe House School Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School Town Close School

Special	Frisby's English School Sheringham Woodfields School

Further education	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Easton & Otley College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form

Defunct	Burston Strike School Cawston College Norwich High School for Boys Watts Naval School Wood-Dene School

Universities and colleges in the East of England

Universities	Anglia Ruskin Bedfordshire BPP Cambridge Cranfield East Anglia Essex Hertfordshire Norwich

Other higher education	University Centre Peterborough University Campus Suffolk

Further Education colleges	Barnfield Bedford Braintree Cambridge Central Bedfordshire Chelmsford Colchester Easton & Otley Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Hertford Huntingdonshire Lowestoft North Hertfordshire Norwich Oaklands Peterborough SEEVIC Shuttleworth South Essex Suffolk New West Anglia West Herts West Suffolk

Sixth form colleges	Braintree Colchester Dereham East Norfolk Hills Road Kimberley Long Road Lowestoft Luton Palmer's Paston Sir Isaac Newton One

Coordinates: 52°49′13″N 1°23′10″E / 52.8204°N 1.3861°E / 52.8204; 1.3861

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