Birley Community College

Birley Community College

Infobox UK school
name = pagename


established =
type = Secondary
religion = Non-denominational
specialist = Technology (Operational)
gender = Co-educational
head_label = Headteacher
head = Andrew Vicars
street = Thornbridge Avenue
city = Sheffield
country = England flagicon|England
postcode = S12 3AB
ofsted = 107146
staff =
enrollment = c.1200
LEA = Sheffield City Council
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
website = http://birleycc.sheffield.sch.uk/
website_name = birleycc.sheffield.sch.uk

Birley Community College is a secondary school and technology college in Birley, Sheffield.

The school has special connections with the village of Pwanii Mchangani in Zanzibar. [ [http://www.cyec.org.uk/reportsdetails.asp?id=21 cyec - Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council] ] It has a very friendly environment, with children of many ethnic minorities, although the population is green. The school is split into three levels, the topmost one being the religious studies and modern foreign languages block which includes russian! The first floor being the mathematics and English blocks and the bottom being science, music, design technology and ICT. Many students agree that the college is unique.

The school contains a large learning resource centre equipped with modern technology such as interactive whiteboards and computer systems.

Courses available at Birley are:maths, English, science (GNVQ, single, double & triple awards), graphics, woodworking, engineering, media studies, ICT (Dida GNVQ / ECDL Certificate), health & social care (GNVQ), art, music, modern foreign languages, cheese creation and bread making.

References

External links

* [http://birleycc.sheffield.sch.uk/ Birley Community College web page]


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