Beauchamp College

The Beauchamp College
Established	15th century (1964 current site)
Type	Community comprehensive
Chairman of Governors	Canon G Richerby
Specialism	Technology College
Location	Ridge Way Oadby Leicestershire LE2 5TP England
Staff	c.300 total
Students	c.2000 pupils
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	14 to 18
Website	http://www.beauchamp.leics.sch.uk

The Beauchamp College (pronounced bee chum) is a comprehensive upper school and further education community college, in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, England. 'Beauchamp' was formerly the name of an old-established grammar school in Kibworth, which dated back nearly 600 years to the mid 15th century. It became an Upper School in 1964 when it moved into new buildings in Oadby, a rapidly growing residential suburban area to the South of Leicester, about four miles from the City of leicester. In 1968 it became fully comprehensive, serving Oadby as its main catchment area as well as drawing from villages up to eight miles in radius outside of Oadby town e.g. Thurnby, Houghton on the Hill. Beauchamp is also a Community College, with over 2500 part-time students taking part in over 5000 day and evening classes recreational, cultural and academic. Queen bassist John Deacon was a pupil at the school. The college has a varied ethnic population with the majority of the students being either of White British or British Asian origins. On April 1, 1996 Beauchamp gained the status of Technology College. It received sponsorship of over £122,000 from The Garfield Weston Foundation, Lloyds Bank, Alliance & Leicester, Midland Bank, Psion, Sainsbury's. The college also receives a maintenance grant of £221,375 from the DfES. This additional funding has enhanced the quality of provision, and allowed for a number of refurbishments and new buildings at the College including a cutting-edge new design facility, that includes an exhibition centre. The most recently completed is an Adult Learning Centre which provides rooms and conference rooms for hire.

Sports centre

The sports centre was completed in 2006, includes two full size basketball courts, 2 fully electronic scoreboards and a state of the art dance studio. The fitness centre, run by Active Life, is open to the public on a membership fee basis.

India 2007

Beauchamp International Links co-ordinator Yvonne Rooney also organised a trip to India in 2007. The trip, that 5 teachers and 14 students attended was a great success.

External links

• Beauchamp Website