Ernest Bevin College

Infobox UK school
name = Ernest Bevin College

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specialist = Sport and Maths and Computing
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street = Beechcroft Road
city = Tooting
county = London
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postcode = SW17 7DF
LEA = Wandsworth
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Ernest Bevin College is a Sport and Mathematics specialist college in Tooting, London, England. The school is all-boys for ages 11 through 18, but has a co-educational sixth form. It has about 1100 pupils.

History

The school was named after Ernest Bevin (1881 – 1951), a British labour leader and politician, following the merger of the two adjacent schools of Bec Grammar and Hillcroft Secondary Modern in 1970. 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.

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

An extension to the College sixth form is almost in completion and is due to open in time for the academic year 08/09. The proposed sixth form facilities have been said to be the most advanced in the South London area, which notably include a state of the art sports complex and a modernized gymnasium. However the extensions were previously planned to open in September 2006 but will now open in June/July 2007. Almost a full academic year late. The planned new facilities are an Olympic size swimming pool, brand new library, computer rooms with full wireless access, and a brand new gym which is promised to be accessible to not only the students but also the local community.

Dress Code

Ernest Bevin College, like most secondary schools, has a strict dress code. The school uniform for key stages 3 and 4 (years 7–11) is a white shirt, optional black V-neck jumper, black trousers, black shoes, black blazer with Ernest Bevin phoenix and flames logo on left pocket, and a colour-striped tie representing the student's year group.

The Tie

Red, green, purple, yellow and blue are the tie colours representing each year group. When a student joins in year 7 they are given the colour which was the colour to the year 11 the previous academic year. This tie colour remains the same for the remainder of their time in school until reaching sixth form.

Healthy Schools

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

Notable Alumni

*Jimmy White, professional snooker player
*Tony Meo, professional snooker player
*Sean Davis, professional soccer player
*Sadiq Khan, Labour MP for Tooting, South West London
*Winston Gordon, Judo competitor
*Marvin Elliot, professional soccer player
*Ricky Shakes, professional soccer player
*Jermaine Allen, professional NFL running back
*Eric Boateng, college basketball player
*Dwayne Vincent, Singer for the So Solid Crew a.k.a Megaman

External links

* [http://www.ernestbevin.org.uk/ school website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=101053 Ofsted reports - Ernest Bevin College]