Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies

"CCSS" redirects here. For other uses, see CCSS (disambiguation).

School in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridge Centre for Sixth-Form Studies

The school logo

Location

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

United Kingdom

Information
Status| Closed
Closed| 2020
Age| 15 to 19
Website| ccss.co.uk (archived)

The Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies (CCSS) was an independent sixth-form college for boarding and day students aged 15 to 19. The college, which was founded in 1980, owned teaching and residential accommodation in the centre of Cambridge, England. It became part of the Stephen Perse Foundation in September 2018 and disappeared as a branded college in March 2020.

## Decline and demise

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For a number of years prior to its absorption into the Stephen Perse Foundation the college had seen student numbers decline sharply from over 200 to around 135. In response to this fall, the college reduced its staffing, the subjects it offered for study, its extra-curricula activities and closed one of its campuses and its administration block. The college saw a high turnover of staff through redundancies and resignations. These did not cause the hoped for turnaround in the college's financial position and so in 2018 CCSS approached the Stephen Perse foundation to seek admittance. 30 November 2018 was the last day of the college's existence as an independent college.

## Notable alumni

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### Politics

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* James Brokenshire, Conservative politician[1]
* Zac Goldsmith, journalist and Conservative politician
* Charlie Elphicke, former Conservative politician and convicted criminal[2]

### Literature, TV, music, and drama

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* Hadley Freeman, newspaper columnist and writer[3]
* Daisy McAndrew, television news journalist
* Zoe Hardman, TV presenter and actress
* Tom Wontner, actor; great-grandson of Arthur Wontner
* Giles Lamb, Scottish composer and sound designer
* Alex Dolan, journalist and weather presenter on BBC's Look East

## External links

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* College website

## References

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1. ^ "James Brokenshire". HuffPost. n.d. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
2. ^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
3. ^ "Alumni Profiles". Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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* Cromwell Community College
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* Abbey College
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* Heritage School
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Foreign government|

* Alconbury Middle High School

Sixth form & further education|

* Cambridge Regional College
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Defunct|

* Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies
* Cambridgeshire High School for Boys
* Cambridgeshire High School for Girls
* Deacon's School
* Ely High School for Girls
* Gamlingay Village College
* John Mansfield School
* Malting House School
* Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls

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* ISNI

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