Coordinates: 50°54′58″N 0°28′01″E / 50.916°N 0.467°E / 50.916; 0.467

Claverham Community College

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Claverham Community College
File:Claverham Community College Logo.svg
Location
North Trade Road

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TN33 0HT

England
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Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1955 (1955)
Local authorityEast Sussex
Department for Education URN114584 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalPaul Swatton [1]
Staff~70
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolmentc. 1250
Capacity1120
HousesCaldbec, Montjoie, Oakwood, Santlache, Telleham
ColoursPurple, blue, silver, red and green
         
PublicationClaverham Newsletter
Websiteclaverham.e-sussex.sch.uk

Claverham Community College is a comprehensive secondary school/community college in Battle, East Sussex, England.[2] It has sports facilities such as a climbing wall, Community Sports Hall, gym, dance studio, fitness suite, and playing fields.

Claverham Community College is a mixed comprehensive school for pupils aged 11–16 and a Community College. It has approximately 1150 pupils and about 2500 associates of the College who attend adult evening classes or are members of affiliated societies.[citation needed]

The Community College was established in 1973 and was developed from the former Battle County Secondary School built in 1955. In school terms the College became fully comprehensive in 1976.

History

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The college takes its title from the Anglo-Saxon pre-conquest description of the particular area in which it is situated - place of clover or good pasture. The college opened in 1955.

Campus

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The college is about one mile west of the market town of Battle and is situated within 42 acres of wood and parkland.

The college grounds incorporate land which belonged formerly to the Battle Abbey Estate and are immediately adjacent to the site of the Battle of Hastings.

References

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