Bede College


Situated off Marsh House Avenue in Billingham, Bede Sixth Form College offers a variety of A level and A level equivalent courses along with full-time opportunities in Sport and Public Services.
It was established in 1972, following a reorganisation of various schools on the Billingham Campus site. It merged with Stockton Riverside College in May 2008.
Part of the newly named Education Training Collective, the Group incorporates Stockton Riverside College, Redcar and Cleveland College, Bede Sixth Form College, NETA Training and The Skills Academy.
Supporting sporting excellence, Bede is a TASS accredited college, with a dedicated sports centre situated on its site.

Admissions

Bede Sixth Form College provides A-Level and vocational courses. It took its name from the famous Northumbrian scholar The Venerable Bede.

History

Three halls of the site was built in 1962 by George Wimpey as Billingham Campus on for Teesside Education Committee. The first hall had been built in 1958. It included a five form-entry co-educational grammar-technical school, Bede Hall Grammar School, and 3 secondary modern schools 'Faraday Hall', 'Davy Hall' and 'Stephenson Hall'. In 1965 it was agreed to combine the whole site into one comprehensive school which took place in the late 1960s. Bede Hall Grammar school was demolished and the older building 'Stephenson Hall' became 'Bede 6th Form college'. Faraday Hall and Davy Hall became Billingham Campus, an 11-16 comprehensive school.

Sixth form college

Bede Sixth Form College left Cleveland County Council control on 1 April 1993, and was funded by the Further Education Funding Council for England until 2001 when funded by North East LSC. It merged with Stockton Riverside College in May 2008. The new buildings and sport centre were built by Morgan Ashurst, who won the contract in July 2008 and was officially opened in 2009.

Activities

The Bede College Choir sang "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" in the film Atonement, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score in 2007.

Courses

AS and A level

A level and A level equivalent courses include:
The following list is of notable ex pupils: