Babington Community College

Babington Community College
Type Foundation school
Principal Denise Newsome
Location Strasbourg Drive
Beaumont Leys

Leicester
Leicestershire
LE4 0SZ
 England
Coordinates: 52°39′41″N 1°09′35″W / 52.6615°N 1.1598°W / 52.6615; -1.1598
Local authority Leicester
DfE number 856/4270
DfE URN 120294 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Website School homepage

Babington Community College is a coeducational foundation secondary school, located in the Beaumont Leys area of Leicester in the English county of Leicestershire.[1]

As a foundation school, Babington Community College is administered by a trust which includes Leicester City Council, Leicester College and the Co-operative College.[2] The school relocated to a new building on the same site in September 2014.[3]

Babington Community College offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school specialises in sports and offers a number of scholarships for pupils who are gifted at sports and athletics.[4] The school is also the location of the home ground of the Leicester Falcons American football team.[5]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. "Babington Community College". Babington.leicester.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  2. "Trust & Governance |". Babington.leicester.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  3. "Our New College Building Opens |". Babington.leicester.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  4. "Sports Scholarships available |". Babington.leicester.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  5. "Team Contacts for Leicester Falcons American Football Club". Leicesterfalcons.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-20.

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