Franklin Sixth Form College is a
sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A Levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate Di ...
on Chelmsford Avenue in
Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...
,
North East Lincolnshire
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, England, serving more than 2,700 students, including adult learners.
Location
One of 92 sixth form colleges in England,
Franklin College is situated west of Grimsby town centre, in the Grange area of the town. It is located on Chelmsford Avenue, which can be accessed from
Laceby
Laceby is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A46 road, just outside the western boundary of Grimsby. Laceby's population at the 2001 Census was 2,886, increasing to 3,259 at the 2011 Census. Th ...
Road (
A46). The
Grimsby Institute
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education and University Centre Grimsby (often Grimsby Institute or GIFHE or Grimsby College or UCG) is a further education college, apprenticeship provider, and higher education university in Grimsby in N ...
's East Coast School of Art,
and the
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Ormiston Maritime Academy (formerly known as Hereford Technology School) is a secondary school with academy status in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.
The school has an intake of 1048 pupils, aged 11 to 16.
In the last Ofsted re ...
(previously known as Hereford Technology School),
are located down the adjacent Westward Ho.
Admissions
While Franklin College is primarily for students aged 16–19 who want to study for
A levels
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, mature students are also welcome to enrol, and evening classes are available, some based throughout Grimsby and
Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, England with a population of 38,372 in 2020. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, then develo ...
. It currently serves in excess of 1,700 full-time students aged 16–18 from the whole of North East Lincolnshire and surrounding areas, in addition to more than a thousand adult learners aged 19 or over.
History
Establishment
The Conservatives councillors on the council wanted to call it the Grimsby Sixth Form College. Councillors voted by 8–2 to call it the Franklin Sixth Form College on Tuesday 13 February 1990, by Labour councillors after the Labour councillor Jack Franklin, who died in 1980; his wife died in 1988.It cost £2.4m and tool 18 months, being built by Top Con Limited, to rebuild the site into a college.
On the local council, not all of the councillors agreed on the state of Grimsby's education. The Conservative group on the education committee had frequently referred to low standards and inadequate exam results. But the Labour group, led by committee chairman Max Bird, had said that establishment of the college had led to more staying on at 17, and more A levels were being taken. But the previous sixth forms at local schools had been failing, leading to the sixth forms being closed in 1990, apart from Lindsey School and the Toll Bar School.
Opening
The college was founded in September 1990 by
Humberside County Council
Humberside County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in northern England.
History
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, Franklin College was named after two councillors, Jack and Florence Franklin, who had devoted much time to the area. The site opened on Monday 10 September 1990, with 620 from Barton to Market Rasen.
Nearby city
Kingston upon Hull
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It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east ...
had gained two sixth form colleges the year before. The first principal was Peter Newcome, who retired in late 2009
and was replaced by principal Trevor Wray. The current principal is now Peter Kennedy. The college site had at one time been occupied by Chelmsford Secondary Modern School before its closure.
Initially planned to be a small sixth form with about 450 students due to low further education uptake in the area, the college has exceeded that number and currently serves more than 1,700 full-time students aged 16–18.
It was initially run by Humberside Education Committee until 1993, then administered by the
FEFC.
Following the FEFC's abolition in 2001, the college was run by the newly formed Yorkshire
LSC,
which was itself replaced by the
YPLA in April 2010.
The
YPLA was abolished in 2012 and replaced with the
Education Funding Agency
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an executive agency of the government of the United Kingdom, sponsored by the Department for Education.
The ESFA was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of the Education Funding Agency a ...
and the
Skills Funding Agency
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. Both the
EFA
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Arts
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Commerce
* Electri ...
and
SFA were abolished in March 2017 and their responsibilities transferred to the
Education and Skills Funding Agency
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The ESFA was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of the Education Funding Agency an ...
. Humberside was abolished in 1996,
and the college now resides within the region of North East Lincolnshire
LEA
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, but is not part of or controlled by the authority.
It initially offered Spanish, Russian French and German at A level.
Academic record
The report published by
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the U ...
following an inspection of the college in 2008 describes school success rate as "consistently at or above the national average at all levels for all ages", and rated the college as Grade 2 (good) in all six criteria (effectiveness of provision, capacity to improve, achievement and standards, quality of provision, leadership and management, and equality of opportunity).
In 2009 the college came first in North East Lincolnshire for points per student.
In 2011, 100% of students left the college with at least two A levels or equivalent qualifications, and 95% achieved the equivalent of three A level passes.
41.2% of A level entries in 2010 earned A*–B grades. This breaks down as 24.1% B grades, 12.7% A grades, and 4.4% A* grades. The average
UCAS Tariff
The UCAS Tariff (formerly called UCAS Points System) is used to allocate points to post-16 qualifications (Level 3 qualifications on the Regulated Qualifications Framework). Universities and colleges may use it when making offers to applicants. A ...
point score per student upon graduation was 349.75.
For comparison, the same year 8.1% of all A level entries were awarded an A* grade, 18.9% received an A, and 25.2% received a B. This places Franklin College below the national average.
Following an Ofsted inspection in 2018, the college was awarded a 'Good' rating.
Facilities
In 2007, the college opened a new £1 million art block, equipped for subjects such as art and photography.
The site had a Youth Enterprise company. Radio Franklin College opened in March 1992.
Franklin College also possesses a library and study area that provides a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction books and DVDs. Previously called the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), this was renovated and renamed the Learning Centre in late 2011.
Construction of a new £1 million extension, consisting of classrooms for
IT and health on the college site, began in November 2011.
In 2023, the college opened a new learning centre called The Bridge following a £1.7 million investment.
Sport
In 1991, it formed a rugby union team. The other local sixth form colleges had rugby union teams.
Notable alumni
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Keeley Donovan
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Early life
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