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‘‘...teachers ask challenging questions, push pupils to think and work hard…’’
Ofsted 2018
"For the first time ever he feels safe and part of a group of friends. His coaching group seems a fantastic bunch of children and I’m over the moon that his start to secondary school has been so good, in all ways."
Parent
"My son comes home happy from school. He always has things to tell me about his day and the positivity and enthusiasm the school gives him is highly evident.”
Parent
“A strong culture of safeguarding exists.”
Ofsted 2018
‘‘I couldn’t choose a better school for my daughter.’’
Parent
‘‘This school goes above and beyond to support pupils and parents in an extremely quick fashion, I cannot fault the support my sons have had. ’’
Parent
‘‘...school is at the heart of the local community’’
Ofsted 2018
About Us
Contact Us
School Life
Vacancies
Parents
Lettings
Students
If you are interested in your child attending the College:
Open Evening
will take place on
Wednesday 1st October 2025
Letter to Year 6 Parents from The Headteacher
If you were not able to come to the Open Evening but would like a tour, please contact the school and book a slot with a senior member of staff. Existing parents know that you can visit us any time.
To make an appointment for a tour of the College, please contact the school on
01588 638257
or at
admin@ccbcshropshire.com
For details regarding admissions please go to the “
Admissions
” page
Parents Evening Appointments
The school uses an online appointment booking system that is very easy to use. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and you will receive an email confirming your appointments.
We are able to offer a small number of video appointments for each Parents Evening. Because of the logistics of combining video and in-person appointments the video appointments will
only
be available between 4pm and 4.25pm. This will allow staff to be available for in-person appointments from 4.30pm to 7pm.
You can access the login page for appointments using this link,
https://ccbcshropshire.schoolcloud.co.uk
.
A short guide on how to add appointments
.
2025-26 Prospectus
CCBC Friends – 2026 Spring Raffle
CCBC Friends, The Community College’s PTA, is running a raffle to raise funds on behalf of the College.
There are numerous excellent prizes available including four passes to West Midlands Safari Park,
Four tickets to The Climbing Hut in Shrewsbury, a hamper full of goodies and many more.
The tickets are £1 each and are available from the ParentPay Shop, just follow this link –
ParentPayShop
.
There will also be tickets available during the school production of The Wizard of Oz on Wednesday 11th
and Thursday 12th February.
The draw for the prizes will take place at the final performance of The Wizard of OZ on Thursday 12th
February.
1922-2022 Centenary Celebrations
September 1922 saw the opening of the County High School in Bishop’s Castle, which changed its name to The Community College Bishop’s Castle in 1992. To mark the 100 years of the secondary school in Bishop’s Castle activities took place throughout the 2022-23 academic year.
Please follow the link to find out more information about the Centenary.
Link to Centenary Celebration Page
GCSE RESULTS 2025
The Community College Bishop’s Castle is again celebrating a year of positive results, very much due to the consistent hard work of the students and staff at the College. Headline figures show that over 66% of students achieved a Grade 4 or above in English or Maths.
French, Drama, Art and the triple Sciences produced particularly strong results, with many of those studying these subjects achieving a Grade 7 or above. Many individual students gained excellent results, with some standout performances from Rhian Delves, Cerys Marpole and Tom Graham who secured 22 Grade 7, 8 and 9s between them.
Mr Reuben Thorley (Headteacher) said: “It has been a pleasure to see the students collect the culmination of their hard work on results day. We are very proud of all of our students. The persistence, hard work and effort put in by both students and staff has paid off. The successes are well deserved and set our students up well for their next stage in life”.
Details regarding the examinations appeal processes for 2025 can be found on the
Examinations
page.
Students accessing work from home should do this via Office 365 Outlook and SharePoint
Work for students who are currently isolating will be emailed directly (when numbers isolating are small) or placed on SharePoint (larger numbers isolating)
Instructions for accessing SharePoint
Working from Home website link
with all Year groups and subject area SharePoint links.
A SCHOOL AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
The Community College, at the heart of Bishop’s Castle, is an exciting and stimulating place to learn. One that treats all students as individuals, challenges and actively supports them, and provides the widest range of educational opportunities possible.
TO SUCCEED –
excellent exam results
TO CARE
–
challenging and supporting all students
TO INSPIRE
– where creativity, adventure and new ideas are encouraged
If you would like further details about the college please see our
prospectus
, or to arrange a visit during the college day to see us in action, then please contact
admin@ccbcshropshire.com
WE OFFER ALL STUDENTS
AN INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM
Students in key stage 3 follow a broad and balanced curriculum. The key stage 4 offer is based around a core set of GCSE subjects, with approximately fifteen subjects being offered as option choices each year. Students are provided with a range of qualifications that support transition to a diverse variety of post-16 routes into further education, training and employment.
SUPPORT THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY PASTORAL CARE
There are four houses, Clive – Austen, Darwin – Keller, Sidney – Potter and Curie – Webb. Each has a Head of House and within each house there are six vertical coaching groups with approximately eighteen students. The focus within these coaching groups is supporting students to make excellent progress in all aspects of their school life. There is a strong sense of house loyalty in the College, with students assuming roles of responsibility and leadership. There is also a strong emphasis on creating a nurturing environment for some of our more vulnerable students, with excellent provision in place during social times to support this. Student welfare is a priority with a strong team of staff working with students in need.
EXCELLENT OUTCOMES
GCSE results are strong, and have continue to improve. Outcomes for all students demonstrate excellent progress during their time at The Community College. We have the interests of all our students at heart, and support them to achieve not only academically but also socially, to ensure that they are well supported to move forward to their next stage when they leave us.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ASPIRE
Students are encouraged to broaden their horizons and set themselves aspirational goals during their time at the college. Students are frequently presented with opportunities to look beyond their immediate surroundings and take a wider, global view. Visits to France, Iceland and Tanzania give our students an insight into the wider world. Visitors from many different walks of life come to present their inspirational stories to our students, and our thorough and diverse careers programme encourages students to think big when it comes to their next steps.
A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY
There is a strong sense of community with strong links between The Community College, local schools and other local groups. Students go out to work with younger children in primary schools, we have regular Primary Games Festivals and host primary school students on site for taster sessions and enrichment activities. We encourage our students to consider how they can make a contribution to their local community and take advantage of the strong support offered by those within the local area to achieve this.
2024-25 Prospectus
ABOUT US
View More
EVENTS
View More
LATEST NEWS
View More
The Community College News
Year 7 Parents Evening Arrangements Thursday 23rd April 2026
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-03-18T12:59:51+00:00
18th March 2026
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CCBC Friends – 2026 Spring Raffle
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-02-09T15:15:05+00:00
3rd February 2026
|
Read More
0
Year 10 Parents Evening Arrangements Thursday 5th March 2026
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-02-03T10:37:20+00:00
27th January 2026
|
Read More
0
School Closure on Friday 9th January due to Weather Conditions
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-01-08T10:37:34+00:00
8th January 2026
|
Read More
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Enhancing safety in our school – Lockdown Practice
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2025-10-07T10:44:53+01:00
7th October 2025
|
Read More
0
Year 10 Mock Interviews & Work Experience 2025
By
Natalia Fialho
|
2025-03-27T13:40:40+00:00
27th March 2025
|
Read More
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The Community College
Bishop's Castle
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2026-03-12T16:15:24+00:00
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‘‘...teachers ask challenging questions, push pupils to think and work hard…’’
Ofsted 2018
"For the first time ever he feels safe and part of a group of friends. His coaching group seems a fantastic bunch of children and I’m over the moon that his start to secondary school has been so good, in all ways."
Parent
"My son comes home happy from school. He always has things to tell me about his day and the positivity and enthusiasm the school gives him is highly evident.”
Parent
“A strong culture of safeguarding exists.”
Ofsted 2018
‘‘I couldn’t choose a better school for my daughter.’’
Parent
‘‘This school goes above and beyond to support pupils and parents in an extremely quick fashion, I cannot fault the support my sons have had. ’’
Parent
‘‘...school is at the heart of the local community’’
Ofsted 2018
About Us
Contact Us
School Life
Vacancies
Parents
Lettings
Students
If you are interested in your child attending the College:
Open Evening
will take place on
Wednesday 1st October 2025
Letter to Year 6 Parents from The Headteacher
If you were not able to come to the Open Evening but would like a tour, please contact the school and book a slot with a senior member of staff. Existing parents know that you can visit us any time.
To make an appointment for a tour of the College, please contact the school on
01588 638257
or at
admin@ccbcshropshire.com
For details regarding admissions please go to the “
Admissions
” page
Parents Evening Appointments
The school uses an online appointment booking system that is very easy to use. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and you will receive an email confirming your appointments.
We are able to offer a small number of video appointments for each Parents Evening. Because of the logistics of combining video and in-person appointments the video appointments will
only
be available between 4pm and 4.25pm. This will allow staff to be available for in-person appointments from 4.30pm to 7pm.
You can access the login page for appointments using this link,
https://ccbcshropshire.schoolcloud.co.uk
.
A short guide on how to add appointments
.
2025-26 Prospectus
CCBC Friends – 2026 Spring Raffle
CCBC Friends, The Community College’s PTA, is running a raffle to raise funds on behalf of the College.
There are numerous excellent prizes available including four passes to West Midlands Safari Park,
Four tickets to The Climbing Hut in Shrewsbury, a hamper full of goodies and many more.
The tickets are £1 each and are available from the ParentPay Shop, just follow this link –
ParentPayShop
.
There will also be tickets available during the school production of The Wizard of Oz on Wednesday 11th
and Thursday 12th February.
The draw for the prizes will take place at the final performance of The Wizard of OZ on Thursday 12th
February.
1922-2022 Centenary Celebrations
September 1922 saw the opening of the County High School in Bishop’s Castle, which changed its name to The Community College Bishop’s Castle in 1992. To mark the 100 years of the secondary school in Bishop’s Castle activities took place throughout the 2022-23 academic year.
Please follow the link to find out more information about the Centenary.
Link to Centenary Celebration Page
GCSE RESULTS 2025
The Community College Bishop’s Castle is again celebrating a year of positive results, very much due to the consistent hard work of the students and staff at the College. Headline figures show that over 66% of students achieved a Grade 4 or above in English or Maths.
French, Drama, Art and the triple Sciences produced particularly strong results, with many of those studying these subjects achieving a Grade 7 or above. Many individual students gained excellent results, with some standout performances from Rhian Delves, Cerys Marpole and Tom Graham who secured 22 Grade 7, 8 and 9s between them.
Mr Reuben Thorley (Headteacher) said: “It has been a pleasure to see the students collect the culmination of their hard work on results day. We are very proud of all of our students. The persistence, hard work and effort put in by both students and staff has paid off. The successes are well deserved and set our students up well for their next stage in life”.
Details regarding the examinations appeal processes for 2025 can be found on the
Examinations
page.
Students accessing work from home should do this via Office 365 Outlook and SharePoint
Work for students who are currently isolating will be emailed directly (when numbers isolating are small) or placed on SharePoint (larger numbers isolating)
Instructions for accessing SharePoint
Working from Home website link
with all Year groups and subject area SharePoint links.
A SCHOOL AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
The Community College, at the heart of Bishop’s Castle, is an exciting and stimulating place to learn. One that treats all students as individuals, challenges and actively supports them, and provides the widest range of educational opportunities possible.
TO SUCCEED –
excellent exam results
TO CARE
–
challenging and supporting all students
TO INSPIRE
– where creativity, adventure and new ideas are encouraged
If you would like further details about the college please see our
prospectus
, or to arrange a visit during the college day to see us in action, then please contact
admin@ccbcshropshire.com
WE OFFER ALL STUDENTS
AN INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM
Students in key stage 3 follow a broad and balanced curriculum. The key stage 4 offer is based around a core set of GCSE subjects, with approximately fifteen subjects being offered as option choices each year. Students are provided with a range of qualifications that support transition to a diverse variety of post-16 routes into further education, training and employment.
SUPPORT THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY PASTORAL CARE
There are four houses, Clive – Austen, Darwin – Keller, Sidney – Potter and Curie – Webb. Each has a Head of House and within each house there are six vertical coaching groups with approximately eighteen students. The focus within these coaching groups is supporting students to make excellent progress in all aspects of their school life. There is a strong sense of house loyalty in the College, with students assuming roles of responsibility and leadership. There is also a strong emphasis on creating a nurturing environment for some of our more vulnerable students, with excellent provision in place during social times to support this. Student welfare is a priority with a strong team of staff working with students in need.
EXCELLENT OUTCOMES
GCSE results are strong, and have continue to improve. Outcomes for all students demonstrate excellent progress during their time at The Community College. We have the interests of all our students at heart, and support them to achieve not only academically but also socially, to ensure that they are well supported to move forward to their next stage when they leave us.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ASPIRE
Students are encouraged to broaden their horizons and set themselves aspirational goals during their time at the college. Students are frequently presented with opportunities to look beyond their immediate surroundings and take a wider, global view. Visits to France, Iceland and Tanzania give our students an insight into the wider world. Visitors from many different walks of life come to present their inspirational stories to our students, and our thorough and diverse careers programme encourages students to think big when it comes to their next steps.
A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY
There is a strong sense of community with strong links between The Community College, local schools and other local groups. Students go out to work with younger children in primary schools, we have regular Primary Games Festivals and host primary school students on site for taster sessions and enrichment activities. We encourage our students to consider how they can make a contribution to their local community and take advantage of the strong support offered by those within the local area to achieve this.
2024-25 Prospectus
ABOUT US
View More
EVENTS
View More
LATEST NEWS
View More
The Community College News
Year 7 Parents Evening Arrangements Thursday 23rd April 2026
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-03-18T12:59:51+00:00
18th March 2026
|
Read More
0
CCBC Friends – 2026 Spring Raffle
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-02-09T15:15:05+00:00
3rd February 2026
|
Read More
0
Year 10 Parents Evening Arrangements Thursday 5th March 2026
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-02-03T10:37:20+00:00
27th January 2026
|
Read More
0
School Closure on Friday 9th January due to Weather Conditions
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2026-01-08T10:37:34+00:00
8th January 2026
|
Read More
0
Enhancing safety in our school – Lockdown Practice
By
Reuben Thorley
|
2025-10-07T10:44:53+01:00
7th October 2025
|
Read More
0
Year 10 Mock Interviews & Work Experience 2025
By
Natalia Fialho
|
2025-03-27T13:40:40+00:00
27th March 2025
|
Read More
0
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