Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre

Not to be confused with Newham Sixth Form College.

Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, also known as The NCS, is a free school sixth form college located in East Ham, London, England. Administered by the City of London Academies Trust, it was opened in 2014. The college is coeducational and is affiliated with University College London who is a strategic partner.^[1] It was rated “Outstanding” by Ofsted in 2021.^[2] It has an ALPS 1 score for value added.^[3]

Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre (The NCS)
Address
326 Barking Road East Ham London , E6 2BB England
Information
Type	Free school sixth form
Established	2014
Local authority	Newham
Trust	City of London Academies Trust
Principal	Anita Lomax
Gender	Co-educational
Age	16 to 19
Capacity	600
Website	https://sixthform.london

Curriculum

The NCS specializes in the teaching of Maths and the Sciences with nine laboratories for studying the sciences. The centre offers the following A Level courses: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English Literature, Maths, Further Maths, Geography, Government and Politics, History, Physics, Psychology, and Religious Studies.^[4] NCS also provides a "super curriculum" aimed at extending knowledge beyond the A Level syllabus and introducing students to topics they might not otherwise engage with.^[5]

Campus

The college is located in a Grade II listed former council building. Surrounding their buildings on the same campus is East Ham Leisure Centre and Library. ^{[6][better source needed]}

Partnerships and programmes

Working with Newham Council, the NCS is the academic A Level centre of a group of partner secondary schools in the borough. These schools are Cumberland, Kingsford, Lister, Little Ilford, Plashet, Rokeby, Royal Docks, Sarah Bonnell, and Stratford School Academy.^[7]

On 12 November 2014 UCL announced a strategic partnership with Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre.^[1] The partnership aligns with the aims of UCL 2034, reflecting UCL’s commitment to being a publicly engaged institution with an interest in the education of London students.^[8]

Guest speakers have included Natalie Bennett, Owen Jones, Ed Miliband, Sir Win Bischoff, Gina Miller,^[9] Dr Aziz Aboobaker, Annabel Port, Stephen Timms MP, Dr Kenneth Tong, Dr George McGavin, Simon Singh, Shami Chakrabarti, Lord Mervyn King, Robert Winston, Venki Ramakrishnan, Evan Davis and Sir Robin Wales.^[10]