| Headteacher | Mr Andrew Lovett |
|---|---|
| Specialism | Arts College |
| Location | Bolham Road Tiverton Devon EX16 6SQ England |
| Local authority | Devon County Council |
| DfE URN | 113548 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1500 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | www.tiverton.devon.sch.uk |
Tiverton High School is a state secondary school located in the town of Tiverton, Devon, England. The school is a specialist visual arts college.[1]
The school is situated on the outskirts of Tiverton, surrounded by countryside, and there is a close working relationship with the nearby Petroc (formerly East Devon College).
Andrew Lovett has been the headmaster of the school, since 2004, that has around 1,300 pupils aged 11-16.[2]
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In 2001 the School won the 'Investors in Education Business Partnership' award.[3]
The 'School' was one of the last bastions of RISC OS computing in education. They used thin client technology to deliver Windows if needed.[4] However in 2007 the school closed the last of the RISC OS rooms whiched was replaced with Apple Macs which are also used in the Art and Design and Technology Department. Windows XP is used throughout the rest of the school. They now have a total of four IT rooms as well as a library fitted with Apple Macs.
In February 2005, in a case study sponsored by the Carbon Trust the School, in conjunction with Devon County Council, installed Automatic Meter Reading Systems at the School that not only brought energy and water savings but provided a hook on which to introduce energy conservation into the curriculum.[5]
The government Environment Agency formed a partnership with local people and the school who made a video, launched in December 2006, that will serve as an archive of photographs and recollections of the flooding in Tiverton in the 1960s.[6] [7]
The school musicals take place every two years, while other plays take place every year alongside the school's Art Presentations. Since 2003, the musicals have been, Return to the Forbidden Planet and Big Al. The plays since 2003 have included The Yarn, Strangers, The Children's Crusade from the National Youth Theatre, and a modern version of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.