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Catmose College
Catmose College, Oakham, main building
Address
Huntsmans Drive

Oakham
,
Rutland
,
LE15 6RP

England
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoEqual Value, Outstanding Progress
Established1920
Department for Education URN136530 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalStuart Williams
Age11 to 16
Colour(s)green  
Websitewww.catmosecollege.com

Catmose College is a secondary academy school on Huntsmans Drive in Oakham, Rutland. The catchment area covers the county town of Oakham and surrounding villages, although students are drawn from a wider area through parental choice.

Originally Oakham Central School, the school went through a number of name changes. From 1972 until 2009 the school name was Vale of Catmose College. Moving to a new campus in 2011, it was renamed Catmose College.

History

Timeline 1920–2009

Catmose College students learning French on the Hellerup
  • 1920 – Oakham Central School
  • 1937 – Secondary Modern School
  • 1946 – Oakham County Secondary School
  • 1962 – Vale of Catmose Village College
  • 1968 – New classroom block erected
  • 1972 – Vale of Catmose College
  • 2003 – Art gallery
  • 2006 – Announcement of rebuild as part of Government's Building Schools for the Future programme[1]
  • 2007 – Swimming pool refurbished

Catmose College (since 2009)

In 2009, the college in partnership with Rutland County Council started construction of a £23m new campus, which opened in 2011. The new building, designed by Jonathan Ellis Miller, combines a 900-pupil academy, Sure Start centre, sports building, outdoor pitches, and a learning disability resource centre.[2]

In 2010 Southfield Community Primary School entered a federation with Catmose College[3] and changed its name to Catmose Primary.

In 2011 the school moved to the new campus and became an academy. Catmose Nursery was added in 2012.

In 2012 the school was graded as "Outstanding" by Ofsted in all four categories and overall.[4]

In September 2015 Harington School opened at the Catmose College campus. Harington School is a sixth form provision offering A-level courses for students from the whole of Rutland. It relocated to a new dedicated building next to Catmose College in October 2016.

Facilities

The Catmose Sports Centre includes a gym, 2 dance studios, 8 court sports hall, floodlit synthetic pitch, netball & tennis courts and coffee house plus the existing 25-metre swimming pool which was refurbished in 2007.[5] There is also the Catmose Gallery and the Catmose Theatre.

Catmose College students perform Hairspray

The college theatre is equipped with professional grade sound, light and AV equipment. It is used for presentations, assemblies and College productions. Recent productions have included Hairspray the musical and Alice in Wonderland.[6]

Sports

Catmose College students practising rugby drills

Sport at Catmose is integrated within the college's core curriculum, as an examination subject, and as a key component of the extracurricular opportunities available. Each student participates in two physical education lessons per week, and has the opportunity to study GCSE PE or BTEC Sport in years 10 and 11.

The arts

Visual arts

Catmose College specialises in visual arts. The Catmose Gallery, opened in May 2003 by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, was the first public art gallery located in a community college. The gallery provided students and the public with a programme of high calibre national, local and student exhibitions before in July 2011 the college governors decided on the closure of the gallery to the public.[7]

Music

Student participation in the extra-curricular programme is around a hundred students. Available activities include a Chamber Choir for higher-ability students, a Samba Band, a classical guitar group, and a recorder club.

These groups perform for the college and wider community throughout the year. Highlights include recitals and a joint concert in the museum with students from Uppingham Community College and Oakham School.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Press release". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Designs for learning: An innovative Rutland school shows that low-cost needn't mean second-rate" by Jay Merrick; The Independent 9 June 2011
  3. ↑ "Primary and secondary schools to join forces – Local". Stamford Mercury. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Catmose College Ofsted report Archived 26 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Catmose Sports". Stevenage-leisure.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Catmose College Drama". Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Catmose College to close gallery Rutland Times 23 July 2011
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