Wingfield Business & Enterprise College
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Wingfield Business & Enterprise College is a secondary education establishment located in the Wingfield area of Rotherham
, South Yorkshire
, England
. The college was previously named Wingfield Comprehensive School and was re-branded in September 2008 when it was awarded specialist school
status in business & enterprise.
In its last report (November 2010) Ofsted said:
The age group for attendance is 11 to 16 (Years 7-11). During year 7 Humanities and ICT are condensed in to the subject Quest.
Rotherham
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...
, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The college was previously named Wingfield Comprehensive School and was re-branded in September 2008 when it was awarded specialist school
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
status in business & enterprise.
In its last report (November 2010) Ofsted said:
The college knows itself well. Its self-evaluation strategies are comprehensive and ensure that strengths as well as areas for development are recognised. A continuous rise in attainment and students' good achievement both personally and academically demonstrate that the college has good capacity to improve further and that it provides good value for money. Without doubt, Wingfield is a 'thinking college' in which students come first and in which complacency has no part.
The age group for attendance is 11 to 16 (Years 7-11). During year 7 Humanities and ICT are condensed in to the subject Quest.