Strode College is a tertiary institution
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and a further education college
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situated in Street, Somerset
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, England offering Sixth Form education as well as Higher Education courses. In October 2014, the college was rated as "Outstanding" by Ofsted and in June 2017, was awarded a Silver Award by the Teaching Excellence Framework
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.
Performance
In 2019, 30% of A Level entries achieved high grades A* and A; 62% achieved grades A* to B and 87% achieved grades A* to C. 91% of A Level subjects achieved 100% pass rate. Similarly, 85% of Strode’s vocational students achieved at least their target grades. In many cases this was far exceeded, for example 95% of Engineering students and 91% of Business students achieved high grades, equivalent to an A* - B in A Levels.Facilities
Over £20 million has been invested in college facilities over the past ten years. The most recent project completed in August 2011 was to extend the college sports hall to provide a specialist dance and exercise studio. Strode Theatre is on the college campus and provides rehearsal and drama space for students from the college.References
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