Hereford Sixth Form College

Hereford Sixth Form College

Established	1973
Type	Sixth form college
Principal	Dr J Godfrey OBE
Location	Folly Lane Hereford Herefordshire HR1 1LU England Coordinates: 52°03′47″N 2°41′56″W / 52.063°N 2.699°W / 52.063; -2.699
Local authority	West Midlands LSC
DfE number	???/8600
DfE URN	130718 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	170 (approx.)
Students	1,700 (approx.)
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	16–19
Website	Hereford SFC

Hereford Sixth Form College is a co-educational state funded sixth form college in Hereford, England.

It offers over 40 subjects at A-Level and 10 at GCSE. It is on the A465 in Aylestone Hill, in the east of Hereford, opposite Wye Valley Nuffield Hospital and next to Hereford College of Arts and Herefordshire and Ludlow College. Aylestone Business and Enterprise College (formerly Aylestone School), the former boys' and girls' grammar schools, is adjacent to the east. The college was founded in 1973 as the main provider of sixth form education in Hereford and the surrounding area and also attracts students from Abergavenny to Worcester and Brecon. The college moved into new, purpose-built facilities in 1974 which have since been extended. The School won "Sixth Form College of the Year" in the 2016 TES FE Awards.^[1]

The current Principal is Dr Jonathan Godfrey who was appointed an OBE for services to education in the 2013 New Year's Honours list.

Activities

Drama - the college has its theatre group; Upstage Production Company (recent productions include 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in November 2007 and Upstage Theatre Week in April/May 2008)
Duke of Edinburgh Award group
SRC - Student Representative Council
Music - a full symphony orchestra, choir, concert band, big band and numerous small groups
Sports - Rugby Academy, Football Academy as well as competitive teams in netball and hockey, and programme of sports, including badminton, basketball, five-a-side football, table tennis, trampolining and volleyball which take place during lunch times
A purpose-built and fully staffed fitness centre (Sixth Sense Fitness)
The Student Voice - an online newspaper written by the students
The Rant - a political newsletter written and produced by students
Debate Society - regular debates held by the students on topical subjects
Earthquake Monitoring Service

Alumni

Ellie Goulding - musician
Paul Keetch - Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament from 1997-2010 for Hereford
Mary Rhodes, BBC Television presenter
Emma Stansfield - actress, played Veronica 'Ronnie' Clayton in the soap opera, Coronation Street^[2]^[3]
Andrew Marston - BBC Radio presenter
Alex Price - Danny Swailes Football Academy CEO
John Lewis-Stempel - author
Warwick Murray - New Zealand award-winning academic and musician

References

↑ "TES awards 2016". TES.
↑ "Emma pulls it off!". South Wales Argus. 24 April 2002. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
↑ "Corrie's Ronnie on the run". Manchester Evening News. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-02.

External links

Hereford Sixth Form College

Universities and colleges in the West Midlands

Universities	Aston Birmingham Birmingham City BPP Coventry Harper Adams Keele Law Newman Staffordshire UCB Warwick Wolverhampton Worcester

Further Education colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan Bournville Burton Buxton & Leek City College, Coventry Dudley Evesham Fircroft Halesowen Heart of Worcestershire Henley Hereford College of Arts Herefordshire College of Technology Hereward Kidderminster Malvern Hills Newcastle-under-Lyme North Shropshire North Warwickshire and Hinckley Queen Alexandra Royal National College for the Blind Sandwell Shrewsbury Solihull South & City Birmingham South Staffordshire Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Telford Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton

Sixth form colleges	Cadbury Hereford Joseph Chamberlain King Edward VI College, Nuneaton King Edward VI College, Stourbridge Ludlow Moorlands New College, Telford Shrewsbury Solihull Stoke-on-Trent Worcester

Schools in Herefordshire

Secondary schools	Aylestone Business and Enterprise College Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School Earl Mortimer College Fairfield High School The Hereford Academy John Kyrle High School John Masefield High School Kingstone High School Lady Hawkins' School Queen Elizabeth Humanities College St Mary's Roman Catholic High School Steiner Academy Hereford Weobley High School Whitecross Hereford High School Wigmore High School

Independent schools	The Downs School The Elms School Hereford Cathedral Junior School Hereford Cathedral School Lucton School

FE & sixth form colleges	Hereford College of Arts Hereford Sixth Form College Herefordshire and Ludlow College Royal National College for the Blind

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