Tavistock College

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Tavistock College

Type	Comprehensive
Acting Principal	Helen Salmon
Chair	Mandy Govier
Specialism	Language College
Location	Crowndale Rd Tavistock Devon PL19 8DD England
Local authority	Devon County Council
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.^[1] Since 2006, the college has organised concerts locally under the name of ParkLife; a ParkLife festival was held in 2007 and 2008.^[2]

In early 2010, the school received a "notice to improve" from Ofsted, the school inspection agency.^[3]

In 2013, a teacher who teaches Japanese won the so-called "teachers' Oscar" for secondary teacher of the year.^[4]

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^[5]
Sam Lakeman, Seth Lakeman and Sean Lakeman, folk musicians

References

↑ "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 lessonsBBC News, 20 October 2013
↑ Milligan, Lauren (17 May 2010). "Rosie Huntington-Whiteley". Vogue UK. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

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v t e Schools in Devon

Secondary	All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth Axe Valley Community College Braunton Academy Clyst Vale Community College Coombe Dean School Coombeshead Academy Dartmouth Academy Dawlish Community College Eggbuckland Community College Exmouth Community College Hele's School Honiton Community College The Ilfracombe Academy Ivybridge Community College King Edward VI Community College The King's School Newton Abbot College Notre Dame Roman Catholic School Paignton Community College The Park Community School Plymstock School Queen Elizabeth's Community College Ridgeway School South Dartmoor Community College St Boniface's Catholic College Stoke Damerel Community College Tavistock College Teign School Teignmouth Community School Torquay Academy Tiverton High School UTC Plymouth Westlands School

Grammar	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	Blundell's School Bramdean School Education First EF International Academy Exeter School Kelly College Kingsley School The Maynard School Plymouth College Sands School Shebbear College Trinity School West Buckland School

Special	Oakwood Court College

Closed	Allhallows College Edgehill College Grenville College Hele's Grammar School Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 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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