Tavistock College

Tavistock College

Type	Foundation school
Principal	Sarah Jones^[1]
Chair	Mandy Govier
Location	Crowndale Rd Tavistock Devon PL19 8DD England
Local authority	Devon
DfE URN	113539 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	300
Students	approx. 1800
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Houses	Bedford Drake Fitzford Glanville Tremayne
Publication	In Focus
Website	www.tavistockcollege.devon.sch.uk

Tavistock College is a mixed gender school in Tavistock, Devon, England, with students aged 11–18. There are (as of April 2010) approximately 1500 students attending, drawn from a catchment area of about 20 km (12 mi) radius. The college has links with Japan, Uganda, Spain and India, with staff exchanges and student visits and projects.^[2] Since 2006, the college has organised concerts locally under the name of ParkLife; a ParkLife festival was held in 2007 and 2008.^[3]

In early 2010, the school received a "notice to improve" from Ofsted, the school inspection agency.^[4]

In 2013, a teacher who teaches Japanese won the so-called "teachers' Oscar" for secondary teacher of the year.^[5]

Sports

Over £1.1m has been invested in new sporting facilities - an all-weather pitch, competition standard athletics track, and a football pitch development comprising seven pitches. The college rugby first team currently participates in the Rosslyn Park sevens in London every year. The College also host summer and winter Sunday night seven-a-side leagues for men which have attracted many teams.

Notable former pupils

Graham Dawe, rugby union player
Robert Hingley, pioneering ska musician
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, actress/model, Transformers: Dark of the Moon^[6]
Sam Lakeman, Seth Lakeman and Sean Lakeman, folk musicians
Greg Parker, Professor of Photonics Southampton University

References

↑ Tavistock College web site. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
↑ "The College". Tavistock College website. Tavistock College. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
↑ "Parklife Party Homepage". Parklife website. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
↑ Honey, Jane (12 February 2009). "Ofsted tells college it must improve". Tavistock Today. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
↑ Devon teacher wins 'Oscar' for Japanese lessons BBC News, 20 October 2013
↑ Milligan, Lauren (17 May 2010). "Rosie Huntington-Whiteley". Vogue UK. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

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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

Coordinates: 50°32′30″N 4°09′17″W / 50.54157°N 4.15461°W / 50.54157; -4.15461

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