Aylestone Business and Enterprise College

Aylestone Business and Enterprise College
Established	1976
Type	Community school
Headteacher	Mr Simon Robertson
Location	Broadlands House, Broadlands Lane Hereford Herefordshire HR1 1HY England Coordinates: 52°34′53″N 0°14′49″W / 52.5813°N 0.247°W / 52.5813; -0.247
Local authority	Herefordshire
DfE number	884/4015
DfE URN	116936 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	402
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–16
Houses	Coningsby, Mortimer, Clare, De Lacy
Website	ABEC

Aylestone Business and Enterprise College is a co-educational high school in Herefordshire, England, founded in 1976.

Admissions

The curriculum includes business and enterprise skills, English, mathematics, Science, humanities, psychology and modern languages. There are about 500 students, ages 11 through 16.

It is situated in the east of Hereford, near the A465, and near Hereford Sixth Form College (a highly performing institution), Hereford College of Arts, and Herefordshire College of Technology (HCT).

History

Grammar school

The site was originally called Hereford High School for Girls', a grammar school. Hereford High School for Boys was on Widemarsh Street and was built in 1912.

Comprehensive

It became the comprehensive Aylestone School in 1976.

Academic performance

It gets GCSE results slightly below the average for Herefordshire and England.

Notable former pupils

Hereford High School for Boys

John Bendor-Samuel, bible translator
Paul Keetch, Lib Dem MP from 1997-2010 for Hereford
Arthur Morgan, Chief Executive from 1994-2000 of the Industrial Society (since 2002 called The Work Foundation)
Prof Hilary Offler, Professor of Medieval History from 1956-78 at Durham University, and President from 1980-7 of the Surtees Society
George Hinksman, runner up, University Football Inter-collegiate Cuppers 2014, University of Cambridge.^[1]

Hereford High School for Girls

Chris Kent, former Chief Executive from 2004-6 of Raleigh International

Aylestone High School

Alice Perrin from e4's Tatoo Fixers (2003-2008)

References

↑ "The Tab". Archived from the original on 2014-03-11.

External links

Schools in Herefordshire

Secondary schools	Aylestone Business and Enterprise College Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School Earl Mortimer College Fairfield High School The Hereford Academy John Kyrle High School John Masefield High School Kingstone High School Lady Hawkins' School Queen Elizabeth Humanities College St Mary's Roman Catholic High School Steiner Academy Hereford Weobley High School Whitecross Hereford High School Wigmore High School

Independent schools	The Downs School The Elms School Hereford Cathedral Junior School Hereford Cathedral School Lucton School

FE & sixth form colleges	Hereford College of Arts Hereford Sixth Form College Herefordshire and Ludlow College Royal National College for the Blind

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