Long Road Sixth Form College (LRSFC) is a
state
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co-educational
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sixth form college
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in
Cambridge
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, England. It is on Long Road, from which it draws its name, and is next to the
Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus which encompasses
Addenbrooke's Hospital
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. The College provides full-time
A level
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courses in addition to Level 3 Diploma courses, Level 2 Diploma courses and
GCSE
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consolidation courses.
History
Established in 1974, the College occupies a site.
Prior to this it was the Cambridgeshire High School for Girls, a girls'
grammar school
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. A significant proportion of the College's current buildings date from this period, although there has been extensive renovation and the construction of three new buildings, as well as a sports centre that opened in 2005 (the College's first new sports building since 1939). Other renovation projects included the expansion of the
Learning Resource Centre (in 2010),
performing arts
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studios (in June 2012) and the student centre (in November 2012). Science laboratories were updated in August 2013 and new teaching spaces for media diploma and business diploma courses were opened in August 2013. Additional classroom space was provided for sociology and for the Level 4 Foundation in art and design course (2015). There are extended classrooms for the Criminology Diploma (2016).
Academia
The College has approximately 2,300 full-time students, who are between the ages of 16 and 19. Most of these students study A level courses, with others taking Level 3 Diploma courses, one-year
GCSE
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courses or Level 2 Diploma courses.
Sports
The College has sport facilities including playing fields (a football
pitch, a
rugby pitch), floodlit all-weather
hockey
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pitch, two outdoor
basketball
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courts, two
tennis
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courts, and an indoor sports centre which includes a
gym
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nasium and an indoor basketball court.
External clubs also use the College's facilities as their home venue, such as
Cambridge South Hockey Club on the Hockey pitch and Cambridge Cats Basketball Club in the gymnasium.
Notable alumni
Cambridgeshire High School for Girls
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P. D. James
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,
crime writer
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*
Jean Purdy
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, nurse and embryologist
*
Margaret Spufford, historian
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Frances Stewart,
development economist
Long Road Sixth Form College
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Sam Corley, Anglican bishop
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Heather Craney, actor who has appeared in ''
Vera Drake
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'', ''
Life of Riley'' and ''
Torchwood
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''
*
Everton Fox,
weather presenter
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who previously presented for ''
BBC Weather''
*
Emerald O'Hanrahan, actor who plays Emma Carter in ''
The Archers
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''
*
Nick Mulvey, musician, twice nominated for the
Mercury Music Prize
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*Thomas Ridgwell, known for his internet videos under the name
TomSka
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Rowan Robertson, musician, recruited to play guitar for
Dio at age 17
References
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Schools in Cambridge
Educational institutions established in 1974
Sixth form colleges in Cambridgeshire
1974 establishments in England