Casterton College, Rutland (previously Casterton Business and Enterprise College (CBEC) and Casterton Community College) is one of three

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

s in the county of

Rutland Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has a ...

, England. Located in the village of

Great Casterton Great Casterton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in England. It is located at the crossing of the Roman Ermine Street and the River Gwash. Geography The village is approximately three miles to the north-west of Stamford ...

, the school provides education for eleven- to sixteen-year-olds, as well as a Childcare Centre for the under fives and an

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programme. It opened as Great Casterton Secondary Modern School in 1939.

Geography

The catchment area is the eastern part of Rutland including Cottesmore,

Empingham Empingham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 815 at the 2001 census including Horn and increasing to 880 at the 2011 census. It lies close to the dam of Rutland Water a ...

and

Ketton Ketton is a village and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is about east of Oakham and west of Stamford, Lincolnshire. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 1,926, making it the fourth largest settlement in ...

but the college attracts many of its students from Stamford, across the Lincolnshire boundary.

History

In December 1986, the school was given a drinks licence by Rutland magistrates. In 1988, plans submitted for new modern languages classrooms and a science laboratory, to cost around £120,000. An Ofsted 14-strong team investigated the school in January 1994, and the report said that the school was 'well-managed and operating with clear policies'. Improvements were urged by Ofsted, according to the report. The second Ofsted inspection was in March 1998. In the November 1993 speech day, prizes were handed out by the Chairman of Leicestershire County Council, Duncan Lucas. In November 1995 the principal wanted the school to be grant-maintained, given parental support in December 1995. There were now 750 at the school.

Independent Rutland

From April 1997 the school was part of an independent Rutland unitary authority. The Millennium Block was opened on Wednesday 25 August 1999, with nine new classrooms. In November 1999, the prizes were handed out at the speech day by Gp Capt David Walker, the station commander of

RAF Cottesmore Royal Air Force Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. On 15 December 2009, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth announced that the stati ...

Academy

Prior to academy conversion, the school had been rated as ‘outstanding’ in 2010. In December 2014,

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rated the college as ‘requires improvement’ in all areas (teaching, behaviour, leadership and achievement). The then principal Victoria Crosher defended the fall in rating as partly due to changes in the "C" boundary at

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. With the withdrawal of the

Tresham Institute Tresham College of Further and Higher Education (formerly Tresham Institute of Further and Higher Education) is a number of further education colleges in the East Midlands of England. Specifically located within Northamptonshire, the main campu ...

from providing post-16 education in Rutland, CBEC in 2010 took over responsibility for Rutland College which was renamed

Rutland County College Rutland County College was a post-16 (or sixth-form) college, based mainly in Oakham, Rutland, England. In September 2012 it opened on a new site in Barleythorpe on the outskirts of Oakham. However, the college was meant to move to its main camp ...

. In 2015 it consulted on moving its entire sixth form from Oakham to its Casterton site. However, in March 2017, the college announced that the sixth form would be closing as not enough students showed interest to study there. Casterton College is joined with Ryhall Primary School and also with Casterton Childcare Centre. This means that the total group of education ranges from nursery to 16: Casterton Childcare Centre, Ryhall Primary School, Casterton College.

Headteachers

* Edward George Bolton, the headteacher for 25 years until March 1964, died suddenly on Wednesday 25 November 1964, aged 65 at his home on Crockett Lane in

. * April 1964, Dougie Wright, he died in November 1997''Rutland Times'' Friday 5 December 1997, page 6 * January 1983, Richard Bird, former deputy head of

Stowupland High School Stowupland High School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form in the Suffolk village of Stowupland. It caters for students aged 11–18 from Year 7 – Year 11 in the main school and Year 12 and 13 in the sixth form. Previously a ...

in Suffolk.

References

External links

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