Clevedon Community School

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Clevedon Community School, or just Clevedon School, located in North Somerset, England, (known locally as 'the comp') is a large secondary school of approximately 1200 pupils. Studying here are students from years 7 to 11 (Lower School) and 12 to 13 (Upper School or sixth form).

As of 2006 the headmaster is Mr. Wells, and the position of deputy head is currently occupied by Mr. Bowkett.

The school boasts an extensive language college and P.E. department.

1 Former Students
2 The House System
3 The Sixth Form
4 The Student Ambassadors
5 School Performance
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Former Students

Notable former students include current England rugby players Joe Williams, Jack Steadman and Sid Vicious

[edit] The House System

The house system which came into effect in September 2006 consists of Conygar, Marine, Valley and Walton. Formerly the house system also divided the pupils and teachers into four houses which were named after famous Clevedon residents and visitors: Arthur Hallam (red), William Makepeace Thackeray (green), Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (blue) & Samuel Taylor Coleridge (yellow).

[edit] The Sixth Form

Currently headed my Dr P Murphy with his assistants Mr J Teasdale and Mr N Foster. The head of the Senior Student Ambassadors is John Teasdale and his deputy Dean Poolman. The current president of the Student Union is Kate Black. The vice-president is Tom West.

[edit] The Student Ambassadors

There are currently two groups of Ambassadors. There are approximately 45 Year 11 Student Ambassadors and 28 Senior Student Ambassadors, from Upper School.

The Ambassadors assist with the everyday running of the school, front of house assistance at events such as 'Meet the Headteacher' and they undertake specialised projects, in which one group was recently praised for undertaking 'Ground-breaking Educational research' by members of the Senior Leadership Team.

[edit] School Performance

Compared to other schools in North Somerset, both value-added and GCSE results are average. However, recent A/AS level results come up poorly when compared to schools in the same LEA.^[1]