Students
The College's students come from outlying villages and from both private and council housing estates. The school became a designated DfES Technology College in 1998 and changed its name from Manor School to Manor College of Technology to reflect the new status.
The College has approximately 1326 students and emphasizes examinations, high standards of discipline, full school uniform, and extra-curricular activities. It has a strong sports tradition and also has Creative and Performing Arts, Brass Band, Orchestra and Choir and produces annually a stage production, a formal carol service in a local church and two major concerts. The junior choir performed at the National Festival of Music at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in 1999. The senior chamber choir performed in Notre Dame Cathedral in 2005 and in The Cathedral of St John the Divine, the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and the Bandshell in Central Park during an Easter visit to New York in 2006.
In 2003 the College was selected by the National Theatre to premiere a play which was performed at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle. The College repeated this in 2004 with performances of ‘The Musicians’. It received the Arts Council’s 'Arts Mark' (Silver) in 2005, in recognition of its achievements in this area of the curriculum.
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