King Edward VI Community College

King Edward VI Community College
Motto	Our children are at the centre of all we do.
Type	Comprehensive school
Headteacher	Alan Salt
Location	Ashburton Road Totnes Devon TQ9 5JX England Coordinates: 50°26′17″N 3°41′46″W / 50.438°N 3.696°W / 50.438; -3.696
Local authority	Devon
DfE number	878/4109
DfE URN	113520 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1784
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	KEVICC

King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) is a state comprehensive school in Totnes, Devon, England. It is located in the Dart Valley on the A385 Ashburton Road and serves Totnes and the surrounding area. It has a large campus with 1,700 students, 400 of whom are at the Kennicott Sixth Form centre adjoining the main site.

History

Ariel Centre

The school was founded in 1966 as the King Edward VI Comprehensive School on the sites of both the former Redworth Secondary Modern and its neighbour, the Totnes High School for Girls. The new comprehensive school was named after a former boys grammar school, the King Edward VI Grammar School, although the grammar school had been located on a different site ("The Mansion House" on Fore Street).

Notable former pupils

Joanna Briscoe, novelist
Ben Howard, singer-songwriter
Toby Young (briefly), who wrote How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and is a leading advocate of the Free Schools movement in England
Hester Goodman, musician; member of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain^[1]7
Charles Babbage
Joseph Mount, of the band Metronomy

Notable former teachers

Peter Snape OBE, headmaster from 1964-83; General Secretary from 1983-88 of both the Secondary Heads Association and the Headmasters’ Conference

College houses

The school currently has five houses: Babbage, Davis, Gyles, Scott and Snape.

These took over from the previous 4 school house system of Rea, Smythe, Jeffrey and Scott in 2001

Uniform controversy

The school reintroduced a school uniform in 2012, having abolished any uniform for pupils in 2003. A consultation found that the majority were in favour of a uniform. Students protested, and some were punished for what the school described as truancy, leading to concerns from some parents that communication with the school had broken down. The head teacher was quoted as saying that students who refused to wear the new uniform could be expelled.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Interview with Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Outlineonline.co.uk; retrieved 4 June 2013.
↑ KEVICC uniform protest detentions: Parents slam 'spiteful' crackdown. BBC News.
↑ KEVICC uniform protests: Students 'face expulsion'. BBC News.
↑ Totnes KEVICC parents complain about uniforms. BBC News.

External links

"King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) Totnes". www.kingedwardvi.devon.sch.uk. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
Old Totnesians Society

Schools in Devon (including Plymouth and Torbay)

Primary schools	Dartmouth Academy Hyde Park Junior School Marine Academy Plymouth St Budeaux CE Junior School

Secondary schools	All Saints CE Academy Axe Valley Community College Bideford College Braunton Academy Brixham College Chulmleigh Community College Clyst Vale Community College Coombe Dean School Coombeshead Academy Cullompton Community College Dartmouth Academy Dawlish Community College Eggbuckland Community College Exmouth Community College Great Torrington School Hele's School Holsworthy Community College Honiton Community College The Ilfracombe Academy Isca Academy Ivybridge Community College King Edward VI Community College The King's School Kingsbridge Community College Lipson Co-operative Academy Marine Academy Plymouth Newton Abbot College Notre Dame RC School Okehampton College Paignton Community Academy The Park Community School Pilton Community College Plymstock School Queen Elizabeth's Community College Ridgeway School St Boniface's Catholic College St Cuthbert Mayne School St James School St Luke's Science & Sports College St Peter's Church of England Aided School Sidmouth College Sir John Hunt Community Sports College South Dartmoor Community College South Devon UTC South Molton Community College The Spires College Stoke Damerel Community College Tavistock College Teign School Teignmouth Community School Tor Bridge High Torquay Academy Tiverton High School Uffculme School UTC Plymouth West Exe School

Grammar schools	Churston Ferrers Grammar School Colyton Grammar School Devonport High School for Boys Devonport High School for Girls Plymouth High School for Girls Torquay Boys' Grammar School Torquay Girls' Grammar School

Independent schools	Blundell's School Bramdean School Education First EF International Academy Exeter Tutorial College Exeter School Kingsley School The Maynard School Mount Kelly School Plymouth College Sands School Shebbear College The Small School Trinity School West Buckland School

Special education	Longcause Community Special School Oakwood Court College

Sixth forms & further education	Bicton College City College Plymouth Exeter College Exeter Mathematics School Petroc South Devon College

Defunct institutions	Allhallows College Edgehill College Grenville College Hele's Grammar School Kelly College Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Southway Community College Stokelake Residential School United Services College

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