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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. The current principal is Richard Parker, who replaced Maureen Cruickshank in 2003. Image File history File links Oadby Beauchamp College File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Oadby Beauchamp College File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ... Further education is education in addition to that received at secondary school. ... In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a technical college, county college, junior college or a city college, is an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and Associates degrees to people like laertes. ... Location within the British Isles Oadby is an unincorporated town in Leicestershire, England, within the district of Oadby and Wigston. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards clock tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923-) served as deputy chief of mission in Rabat from 1970-74, as ambassador to Algeria from 1974 to 1977, and finally as ambassador to Morocco from 1978 to 1979. ...

'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 Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ... Kibworth Harcourt and Kibworth Beauchamp are two villages in Leicestershire, south east of Leicester. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Oadby is an unincorporated town in Leicestershire, England, within the district of Oadby and Wigston. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards clock tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ...

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 guitarist John Deacon was a pupil at the school. The majority of students are white, though there are significant numbers of Asian origin, notably Indian and Pakistani. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a technical college, county college, junior college or a city college, is an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and Associates degrees to people like laertes. ... John Richard Deacon (born August 19, 1951) was the bassist for the rock band Queen. ...

On April 1, 1996 Beauchamp gained the status of a 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. The most recently completed was the new sports centre, and due for completion soon is a cutting-edge new design facility, that will include an exhibition centre. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The specialist schools programme is a UK government programme which encourages secondary schools to specialise in certain areas to boost acheivement. ... Lloyds TSB Group plc is a group of financial services companies, based in the United Kingdom, with the registered office in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Alliance & Leicester plc is a British bank, formerly a building society. ... The Midland Bank (now part of HSBC) opened as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Union Street, Birmingham, England in August 1836. ... Psion PLC is a consumer hardware company mostly known for developing the Psion Organiser as well as a whole range of more advanced, clamshell-design Personal Digital Assistants. ... J Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsburys, which is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. ... The Department for Education and Skills is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... Exhibition may refer to: Exhibition (scholarship), a small grant Worlds Fair Exhibition game, a friendly match Art exhibition Exhibition (equestrian), a sport involving horse and riders Science fair State fair Funfair Trade fair Xzibit See also Look up exhibition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Sports Centre

The sports centre was completed in 2006, includes two full size basketball courts, 2 fully electronic scoreboards. It has a state of the art dance studio, and a fitness centre that is run by Active Life. The fitness centre is open to the public, on a membership fee basis. At present the students get a discount on the membership fee which encourgages our students to stay fit and healthy throughout their time at Beauchamp. The vending machines surrounding only provide nutritious bars and energy stimulating drinks to keep the body and mind active.

External links

• Beauchamp Website