Bourne Grammar School Competitors

Hertford Regional College (HRC) is a medium-sized Further Education college based across two campuses in Broxbourne and Ware offering exceptional facilities and a supportive environment. Our goal is to prepare you for your dream career, whether that is straight from college or after going to university. HRC can offer you full-time study programmes, part-time courses, Higher Education, Inclusive Learning and over 25 choices of apprenticeships. As an HRC student, you will have access to our network of local employers and work experience opportunities that can't be found elsewhere. This means you will gain prized employability skills, the ones that employers tell us they want and that set the best employees apart from the rest.

Nottingham High School is an independent day school situated about a mile north of Nottingham city centre, with over a thousand pupils from ages 4 to 18. We are made up of a Senior School and Sixth Form, the adjoining Nottingham High Junior School and Lovell House Infant School. Founded in 1513, the school has a rich heritage with a proud and passionate community of alumni spread around the world. We are a co-educational school and have been welcoming girls into all year groups since September 2015. At Nottingham High School we have a well-deserved national reputation both for our academic success and for the high standards achieved in the wide range of activities we offer. We were named the Sunday Times East Midlands Independent Secondary School of the Year in 2019, and are listed in The Telegraph's "Ten of the best value private schools in the UK" list in January 2020.

The Thomas Deacon Academy that we know today opened in 2007 as one of the UK’s first and largest academies. Whilst a building does not make a school, it is worth noting that Thomas Deacon Academy was designed by Norman Foster and Partners and in addition to our impressive main academy our beautiful 43-acre campus includes TDA Juniors - a modern, light and purpose-built Key Stage 2 facility - and expansive playing fields and sporting facilities. In September 2018, a new extension to the existing main building led to new accommodation being created for a sixth form study centre, refectory expansion and staff professional learning centre. Moving forward, our core purpose for the Academy is: “To ensure that each student acquires the necessary knowledge, skills and character to make a positive contribution to society and ‘thrive’ as a global citizen. The Academy’s core purpose is supported by our six pillars of character which provide the foundations for our TDA Way. Our character values are: Curiosity, Commitment, Courage, Compassion, Confidence and Courtesy. In September 2019, TDA received a very positive Ofsted report, judging the academy to be Good overall. Ofsted commented favourably, amongst other things, on the overall leadership of the academy, good teaching, positive relationships between staff and students and students’ behaviour. The Sixth Form was graded as ‘Good’ and recognised as a strength of the Academy. These aspects of the academy have been maintained alongside the identified areas for development being addressed.