Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College

It was part of the White Hills Park Federation with Executive Head Teacher, Kevin Dean, the School Leader, Mal Kerr.

Bramcote Hills Sports and Community College was formally closed by Nottinghamshire County Council on 31 August 2009.

The Main School comprises a four-storey tower bock which houses English, Maths and Humanities, along with a gym and technology and drama block, Assembly Hall and recently extended Learning Resource Centre.(Library).

[17][18][19] The school also has a large playing field to the north of the site which boarded Coventry Lane accessed by Moor Lane via foot, it also has to the south of the side a large running track and football pitches which are shared with the neighbouring Bramcote Park Business & Enterprise School.

There is also a separate dining area for 6th form students in the upper school canteen, which is open throughout the morning till close after lunch, to enable student to purchase breakfast, snacks and pre-order lunch to avoid queuing with school children.

Bramcote College remained to have its own individual identity, with separate logos and rules from the main school, for example 6th formers did not have a uniform and with adult environment, students called staff by first names.

The Bramcote College SU had a good community involvement, running Annual Charity Days, and supporting the Nottingham Marathon by providing marshals for a section of the shorter course.

The Student's Union also organises an Annual College Ball, for both years 12 & 13 to celebrate the end of term in May, before examinations commence in the summer.

Results were seen to dip, after the nearby Bilborough College opened its new building, and attracted more students from the school.

In 2006 Ofsted found the 6th form to be "Very Good" compared to the whole school which only received a satisfactory rating [23] In 2008 the performance of the College had the highest Contextual Value Added CVA score in the Broxtowe area.

[24] In 2004, plans were submitted for the building of a new technology and art block situated next to the main school site.

This was subject to many objections due to the poor design aesthetics, impact on the local landscape, and the fact the school is in the Green Belt.

The work to rectify this problem was completed in the summer of 2009 by re-enforcing the windows with steel, and repairing foundations to reinstate the full block.

[2] The site is now part of Alderman White School and Language College however the issues still remain current for the existing buildings.

The current proposals may provide the flexibility to retain parts of the existing buildings, subject to the monitoring and testing regime outlined earlier[32] Under a Freedom of Information Act Request, copies of the structural surveys of all the buildings on the Bramcote Hills Site have been released and reveal faults have also been found in the floor and supporting structures of the Lower School along with the details on the failing roof beams on the Technology Block, and the possibility of failure due to the replacement of original metal framed windows with UPVC units.

[35][36][37][38] A number of options have been considered to address the need for sufficient teaching accommodation as follows: An appraisal has been carried out to determine the cost of building a new 14-19 vocational facility on the site.

Repairing and reinstating the existing buildings is the option that will be least disruptive to students’ education and provide sufficient teaching accommodation.

[32] A Freedom of Information request from Nottinghamshire County Council request reveals the costs attributed to the building problems at the Bramcote Hills Site as at 10/2/2010 they are £1,752,642.71, which comprises survey costs, associated works from the survey of all buildings on the site £1,393,561.52 and demolition of the Upper School Block £317,368.65.

Bramcote Hills Technical Grammar Crest
Main School Building (2004)
Science Block
Bramcote College Logo
View of Bramcote College £500,000 Extension built in carpark in front of old library, with original 6th form block behind
Demolition Work - New £500,000 extension (left) still pre-demolition with old college behind demolished, tower block standing and dance studio (original staff room) without windows
Demolition work on Upper school, view into the hall, and where tower block and kitchen and canteen, science block was to the left. To the right the Art and Music block remains, Art rooms now being used as the science rooms with additional portacabin class rooms
Remains of the Science Block, with tower block and hall still visible pre-demolition