Exmouth Community College


Exmouth Community College is an academy in Exmouth, Devon, England. The college provides secondary education for 2000 plus students aged 11 to 18. The principal is Andrew Davis.
The college's particular strengths are mathematics, religion, the creative and performing arts and sport. The options available at Key Stage 4 are extensive. The college is well ordered and behaviour is good.

History

Grammar school/Secondary Modern School

Exmouth Grammar School and Secondary Modern Schools were combined to create the comprehensive school in 1967.

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive in 1967. In the early 1970s it was the largest school in England, with 2470. In 2008 it was the third largest after Nottingham Academy, and Ashfield Comprehensive School.

Curriculum

The college has taught computer studies at GCSE and A Level for a number of years.
As well as offering the core curriculum with a choice between academic and vocational subjects, the college also offers an alternative curriculum, focusing entirely on workplace skills. The options available at Key Stage 4 are extensive, and include everything from Computer Science to Health and Care.

Ofsted

The school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in November 2017.

Sites

The college has two sites, on Gipsy Lane and Green Close, connected by a secured bridge and pathway through parkland: approx. 200m. The Green Close site is primarily for Key Stage 3 while the Gipsy Lane site caters for Key Stage 4 and sixth form. Both sites have undergone rapid development, with the Turner Building and Pauline Hitchings Building opening on the Green Close site and the Judith Telfer Centre and The Maths Block on the Gipsy Lane site. Further major development will take place 2018-2020
The college is equipped with 900 workstations many of which are in one of the 12 IT suites.