Ernest Bevin College

Ernest Bevin College is a secondary school and sixth form for boys located in Tooting, London, England.[2] The school is all-boys for ages 11 through 16, but has a co-educational sixth form. It has about 1173 pupils. The school was recently judged as requiring improvement by Ofsted.[3]

Ernest Bevin College and Sixth Form Centre
Address
Beechcroft Road[1]

Tooting
,
Greater London
,
SW17 7DF

England
Coordinates51.438°N 0.168°W / 51.438; -0.168
Information
TypeCommunity comprehensive
Established1970
FounderJames Bond
Local authorityWandsworth
Department for Education URN101053 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalTracy Dohel
GenderBoys and girls in sixth form
Age11 to 18
Enrolmentc. 1100
Websiteernestbevin.org.uk


History

The school was named after Ernest Bevin (1881–1951), a British labour leader and politician. It was formed through merging the two adjacent schools of Bec Grammar and Hillcroft Secondary Modern in 1971. The school was briefly named Bec-Hillcroft until 1971, at which point it became Ernest Bevin School and eventually in 1996 Ernest Bevin College.

Hillcroft Secondary School, Bec-Hillcroft and Ernest Bevin School ran under the aegis of the Inner London Education Authority until it was abolished by the Education Reform Act 1988. Since then the school has been run by the London Borough of Wandsworth.[4]

Ernest Bevin College has been a specialist college for Sport since 2000.[5] Because of improvement in academic achievement, the college was offered a second specialism in Mathematics and Computing in 2004.[5]

Healthy Schools

Ernest Bevin College was one of the first schools to receive Healthy Schools status.

Gifted and Talented

The Gifted and Talented programme at the college caters for the top 5-10% of the pupils in each year who are identified as having either all round academic ability or specific talents in areas such as sport, music, art and technology.

Sports at Ernest Bevin College

Sports the school currently participates in, or facilitates students’ participation in, include: Football, Rugby, Cricket, Swimming, Judo, Athletics, Basketball, Tennis, Table tennis, and Volleyball.

Ernest Bevin has won many tournaments in volleyball – most notably so in recent years, the U16 Boys Nationals Title (2008). They were succeeded by Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club in 2009.

Judo is one of the four focus sports at Ernest Bevin College and students are offered many opportunities to participate in the sport.[6] The Judo team is licensed by British Judo Association and is called Ernest Bevin Phoenix Judo Club.[7]

Achievements

Ernest Bevin College and Sixth Form Centre has received a number of awards. These include recognition of its specialist schools status and Leading Edge status. Ernest Bevin College was the first secondary school in Wandsworth to be awarded the nationally recognised ‘Healthy Schools Status’ in recognition of its whole school/whole child approach to health. Ernest Bevin College has been awarded the London Excellence Work Experience Award by Education Business Partnership. Ernest Bevin College was awarded the Football Association’s Charter Standard School’s award which is a core component of the FA’s Football Development programme Ernest Bevin College was awarded Sportsmark Gold in recognition of "outstanding physical education and sports provision" by Sport England.

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "teachweb schools address". techweb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. "Ernest Bevin college homepage". ernestbevin.org.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. "Ernest Bevin College". OFSTED.
  4. "Ernest Bevin college rated outstanding". wandsworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  5. "Sports college status". captainpovey.co.uk/awards. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  6. "Ernest Bevin College's judo coach crowned 'Coach of the Year'". Wimbledon Times. 27 February 2018.
  7. "EB Phoenix judo club". ebphoenixjudo.org.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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