TeignmouthCommunity School is an academy school in Teignmouth, Devon, England for pupils aged 3 – 18, and as of 2010 has approximately 1,555 on roll of which around 170 are in the Sixth Form. It is the only non fee secondary school in the town, with other secondary education in Teignmouth being provided by the independent Trinity School. Class sizes at Teignmouth Community College average about 30 pupils and feeder primary schools in the area include Our Lady and St Patricks RC primary school, Hazeldown Primary, Inverteign community nursery and primary school, Bishopsteingnton primary school and Shaldon primary school. The college became a specialist in maths and computing in 2004. A February 2010Ofsted inspection report allocated the school an overall Grade 2 for its performance, with a Grade 1 on some points.
History
Formerly two schools, Teignmouth Grammar School and Teignmouth Secondary Modern, located on the site of the current school. The two schools merged in 1979 to become Teignmouth High School. The school campus was formed of five geographically separate areas. From the top of the hill being, Mount Everest, The Upper School Buildings, Legoland the Humanities block, West Lawn and Winterbourne, the Sixth Form centre which incorporated the Motor Engineering class. A further building was used for Special Needs and Support teaching, this former residential house bordered Exeter Street between the two main schools. The early uniform being black trousers/skirt, white shirt, grey jumper and black blazer. The town crest appearing on the Blazer pocket. A tie of blue with bright yellow and red stripes was also mandatory, an identical tie was also occasionally worn by Larry Hagman in the 1980s TV Series Dallas. From a peak student population in 1980, year numbers gradually declined and many temporary and duplicated structures were closed and demolished. These included the temporary class rooms to the South of West lawn, the Secondary modern external toilet block and drama blocks and the Special needs building. In the late 1980s the name was changed to Teignmouth Community College.
Curriculum
Core subjects follow the National Curriculum with sixth form pupils following A-level, AS-level and BTEC courses. The college also offers vocational courses including NVQs in hairdressing and BTEC Diplomas in courses such as health and social care, information technology, travel and tourism, horticulture, construction and mechanics as well as many GCSE, A level and AS courses. Students from nearby Teign School also attend the college's vocational programmes.
