A new College is to be built to replace the existing Thorpe Bay School. All teachers and pupils will transfer to the new college when the original school closes in 2007. This new facility will include a lower school for the children aged 11-14, combined with an upper college for those aged 14-19+.
This is the most innovative feature of the new college – the fact that it will bring together academic and vocational excellence under one roof. Pupils will be able to study a much wider range of traditional and vocational GCSE subjects. Prospects College which is the main sponsor of the new school, has been providing vocational training in the area for 36 years and already trains 2,000 young people a year. Prospects will be working with other specialist providers to ensure that there is a wide choice of vocational subjects on offer.
This will include: Engineering, Construction, Hair and Beauty, Business, leisure and Tourism, Animal care and many others.
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