Cranford Community College is a secondary school with academy status in the London Borough of Hounslow, England.
| Cranford Community College | |
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High Street , London , TW5 9PD England | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′16″N 0°24′19″W / 51.4877°N 0.4052°W |
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| Type | Academy |
| Department for Education URN | 136522 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Kevin Prunty M.A |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1432 |
| Website | www |
History
editThe school first opened as Woodfield Secondary School. After the Education Act 1944, Spring Grove Central School and the council senior schools became secondary modern schools. The Hounslow Heath secondary school was closed and its buildings were transferred to the neighbouring primary school when the Woodfield secondary modern school was opened in 1954 at the Great South West Road. Cranford Community College was officially opened in 1975.[citation needed]
The headteacher is Kevin Prunty.
Facilities
editTwo purpose built study centres with 150 computers and additional learning resources available from 8.15am to 5.00pm are available at Cranford Community College. Year 12 have their own study centre and study centre manager who is available to help students with their research, learning, UCAS, Higher Education and employment applications. The sports facilities, drama studios, music practice rooms, dining hall, and media room are also available for use.[1]
Use in television
editIn 2014, Cranford Community College was a filming location for the British TV series PREMature.[2] The school in the series goes by the fictional name Karl M. Community College. It is the first drama series to be filmed at the school.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Prospectus". Cranford Community College. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017.
- ^ Cumber, Robert. "How new TV drama 'helped save life' of its young star". Get West London. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "PREMature locations". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.