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Sunderland College, officially City of Sunderland College, is a
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college based in
Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
,
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. The enrolment includes around 6,300 part-time learners and approximately 4,800 full-time students. A report following a January 2010
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inspection awarded the school a Grade 2 (good) that included a Grade 1 (outstanding) on 3 inspection criteria.Ofsted inspection report 2010
retrieved 29 July 2010 The college is a member of the
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of high performing schools.


About

The college is a multi-centre establishment, with three campuses throughout
North East England North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The region has three current administrative levels below the region level in the region; combined authority, unitary authorit ...
, these are Bede Campus, City Campus, and Washington Campus. In addition to Hartlepool Sixth Form.


History

Statistically, Sunderland College has held the top position of colleges and sixth forms in Sunderland - achieving the best grades locally in comparison with St. Aidan's RC, St. Anthony's RC and St. Robert's of Newminster, in recent years. Hartlepool Sixth Form merged with Sunderland College in September 2017 and in March 2019, Northumberland College merged with Sunderland College. This created Education Partnership North East, one of the largest college groups in the country. Bede Campus The college's Bede Campus, which is situated close to Sunderland City Centre on Durham Road ( A690), is in the buildings of the former Bede School which began as Sunderland Higher Grade School in 1890 (near the West Park, now the site of Sunderland Civic Centre). In 1905 the school was renamed Bede Collegiate School, with separate Boys and Girls' Schools, and in 1927 the foundation stones were laid for new school buildings on Durham Road, current site of Bede Campus of Sunderland College. Following the 1944 Education Act the two schools became Grammar Schools: the Girls' School had around 500 girls in the 1950s, and by the 1960s the Boys' School had over 900 boys. In 1971 Bede School became a co-educational non-selective Comprehensive School, closing in 1991 a year after celebrating its centenary. Both the Boys' and Girls' Schools of the original school and the successor Comprehensive School were referred to, locally, as Bede School or 'The Bede'. Bede Campus is the specialist centre for health and care, digital, A-Levels, sports and visual and
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courses. It is home to a dedicated sixth form for academic study, science labs, health simulation ward, industry standard digital suite, state-of-the art Sports Academy and £11 million Arts Academy. The campus also includes a Goals Soccer Centre with all-weather 3G 5-a-side pitches. City Campus In the heart of Sunderland, the £30 million City Campus has an extensive range of industry-standard equipment for vocational study from specialist construction and engineering workshops to a simulated aircraft for Travel and Tourism students. In addition there is commercial hair, barbering and beauty salons, a travel agency, restaurant and kitchens. Washington Campus In September 2006, Sunderland College opened its brand-new £10 million Washington campus on Stone Cellar Road in
Washington, Tyne and Wear Washington is a town in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it is the ancestral settlement of the Washington family, which George Washington descended from. It is located between Ches ...
, which then won the award for Public Sector Building of the Year at The Journal Landmark Awards. It is on the site of the former Usworth School just off the A195 near the junction with the A194(M) in
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and
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Facilities

Each of the college's centres has its own Learning Centre where students can have access to networked computers, borrow books from the library, or a quiet place to study. Refectories, cafes, shops and common rooms are all available at each of the campuses. There is also access to the media facilities and libraries of the
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Notable alumni

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Bede Grammar School for Boys

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from 1945–74, then Lambeth Central from 1974-8 * Prof
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunderland College Education in the City of Sunderland Further education colleges in Tyne and Wear Sunderland