The East Northamptonshire College or TENC for short is a consortium of secondary schools in
East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire was from 1974 to 2021 a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council was based in Thrapston and Rushden. Other towns include Oundle, Raunds, Irthlingborough and Higham Ferrers. The town of Rushde ...
that offer Post-16 education.
Structure
The Consortium consists of three secondary schools,
Rushden Community College based in
Rushden
Rushden is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, around east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, north of Bedford.
The parish of Rushden covers an area of some . The population of Rushde ...
,
The Ferrers School based in
Higham Ferrers
Higham Ferrers is a market town and civil parish in the Nene Valley in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders. It forms a single built-up area with Rushden to the south and has an estimated popula ...
and
Huxlow Academy based in
Irthlingborough
Irthlingborough () is a town on the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England. It had a population of 8,900 at the 2011 census and was the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F.C., prior to the ...
. The college provides free transport to the different schools so all students can get to individual lessons. The College is also in partnership with
Prince William School
Prince William School is a secondary school and sixth form located in Oundle, Northamptonshire. The school was built in 1971 and opened by Prince William of Gloucester whose family home, Barnwell Manor, is a few miles away. Prince William wa ...
(PWS) based in
Oundle
Oundle () is a market town on the left bank of the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England, which had a population of 5,735 at the time of the 2011 census. It is north of London and south-west of Peterborough. The town is home to Ound ...
Range of courses
Because there are three different schools, the college can offer a greater range of courses than a normal
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 ...
. This is seen in the college's rapid growth in recent years. As the College is split between three schools, the government's inspectors -
Ofsted - do not inspect the College as a whole but the individual school's sixth forms when secondary education is inspected. This then gives three different reports on how the sixth form is being managed at different schools. The College is officially based at Rushden Community College, where the director and administrative staff are also based.
External links
Rushden Community CollegeFerrers CollegeHuxlow CollegeEduBase
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Sixth form colleges in Northamptonshire
Education in North Northamptonshire