Charnwood College provides an all-through education for students aged 11–19 across Loughborough. Charnwood College was the first time two upper schools had been merged in Leicestershire. Charnwood college inherited the supporters of the two former schools, the Burleigh Pig and the Garendon Stag. The Burleigh Pig became an unofficial supporter and eventually became seen as an official supporter after the installation of a statue of a bronze boar. The Garendon Stag has always been the official supporter of Garendon High School, the stag was adopted as deer were kept on Garendon Park and the stag was also featured on the Coat of Arms of the De Lisle family, the school still owns a set of mounted antlers from a Stag that lived on the Garendon Park Estate.
Campus
Charnwood College has a campus, with extensive sports facilities including a swimming pool, two gymnasiums, two work-out gyms, a 3G pitch, a spate dry play pitch, two tennis courts and three multisports halls. It also has multiple specialist teaching blocks and extensive IT equipment. There is also an off campus boarding house, called Field House which attracts students from around the world. Ashmount School has been located on Charnwood College's Campus from 2013.
Community
As well as students using the College's facilities, a variety of adult classes take place using the facilities. On site there is a nursery and an all day open day care center for adults with physical disabilities. Some local primary/infant schools and high/secondary schools use the sports coaching and sports facilities offered for lessons and special events. Other groups which use the College and its facilities regularly are:
Two local church groups who use facilities on Sundays.
Charnwood College is the first school in the United Kingdom to have an official LipDub video to showcase the campus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGx9Z0-_H1E. There have been over 21,000 views.
Foundation
Charnwood College has been a part of DRET since May 2015. The foundation provides extra circular and enrichment opportunities for the students. In 2017, Ofsted made focused inspections of the 13 academies in the Trust including Charnwood College. The review found two 'inadequate' and five 'requires improvement' while six were rated 'good'.
