Ilfracombe College

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Ilfracombe College is a comprehensive school located in the North Devon town of Ilfracombe. Ilfracombe College is unusual in that since the early 1980s, facilities available to students have included a television studio complete with editing suite.

Following lengthy fundraising and negotiations from 2001, the college was finally awarded specialist college Media arts status in 2004 - one of only three colleges in the UK to achieve this.

There are five periods in the school day, each lasting one hour. They are organised in this order - Tutorial (20 minutes), Lesson one, Lesson two, break (20 minutes) Lesson three, Lesson four, Lunch (55 minutes) and Lesson five. This system replaced three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon in July 2006.

Mr Brian Sarahan is the current prinicipal, as of September 2006. His changes for the school include more, regular homework and teachers presenting the "aims of the lesson" on a board every lesson.

The college has had good historys in the outdoor pursuits. Ten Tors been a favourite with most year 10 and year 12 students competing in the 35 mile and 45 mile treks.

Ilfracombe College is constantly improving itself, and a current project that is underway is a £3.4 million block being built between the Dining Hall and A-block. This new block will mainly house the art department, in all new studios. There may also be a computer suite for digital artwork. The work is expected to finish around the end of the 06-07 school year, and be completely ready for use autumn 2007.