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The College also has the distinction of being placed consistently in the top 10 Sixth Form and FE Colleges in the country for A Level results, and has won a number of Good Schools Guide awards. The College has an excellent record of sending students to Oxbridge; in the 2004-2005 school year, 16 KGV students were offered a place at Oxford or Cambridge.
The college no longer contains the houses established during the days when it was also a secondary school. It had previously opted for five subject specific faculties, namely:
- AE - Arts and English Subjects
- Bi - Business and Information Subjects
- HL - Humanities and Languages Subjects
- MS - Maths and Science Subjects
- SO - Social Science Subjects inc. Sociology, Psychology and The PASE Scheme
The college is fast outgrowing its present grounds, with the student car park constantly full and the arrival of four Portakabins needed to facilitate the teaching of extra students. A plan has been unveiled to completely rebuild the college to a larger and more modern scale within the next five years, which should alleviate many of the accommodation problems currently seen. However these proposals have been cut back as the global recession worsens.
File:Studentcouncillogodraft2.jpg==King George V College Students' Union== King George V College Students' Union is an independent union and a member of the National Union of Students. The student union is run by the Student Council, which meet at least once a month.
Usually each Student Council member is a second year student, elected by members of his or her tutor group. The Student Council Co-chairpersons are elected in a college-wide student election. The two co-chairpersons are members of the Governing Body as required by the Education Act 1994.
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