Patchway Community School is a
mixed secondary school
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and
sixth form located in
Almondsbury in the
English county
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of
Gloucestershire.
Previously a
community school administered by
South Gloucestershire Council
South Gloucestershire Council is the local authority of South Gloucestershire, England, covering an area to the north of the city of Bristol. As a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority it has the powers of a non-metropolitan county a ...
, Patchway Community School converted to
academy status on 1 November 2013. However the school continues to coordinate with South Gloucestershire Council for admissions.
Patchway Community School offers
GCSEs and
BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of
A-level
The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...
s and further BTECs.
References
External links
Patchway Community School official website
Secondary schools in South Gloucestershire District
Academies in South Gloucestershire District
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