Robertsbridge Community College is a
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
secondary school located in
Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge is a village in the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge, and the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Hastings and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Royal Tunbrid ...
in the
English county
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of
East Sussex
East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East ...
.
It was established in 1955 as Robertsbridge County Secondary School, and was renamed Robertsbridge Community College in 1993. Today, it is a
community school administered by
East Sussex County Council
East Sussex County Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex.
East Sussex is divided into five local government districts. Three are larger, rural, districts (from west to east: Lewes; Wealden; and Rother). ...
. In 2020 the school opened a
SEND unit for pupils with
Autism
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and other
learning disabilities
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. The school was graded 'Good' in its most recent (2022)
Ofsted report.
Robertsbridge Community College offers
GCSEs
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...
,
BTECs and
NCFE awards as programmes of study for pupils. Pupils can also participate in
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
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programme.
Notable former pupils
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Sarah Keith-Lucas,
meteorologist
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and
weather presenter
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*
George Marsh,
footballer
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[https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-hotspur-debut-for-son-of-ex-hastings-united-player-160563]
References
External links
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Robertsbridge
Community schools in East Sussex
Secondary schools in East Sussex
Educational institutions established in 1955
1955 establishments in England
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