Torpoint Community College
Coordinates: 50°22′37″N 4°12′25″W / 50.377°N 4.207°W
| Motto | Inspiring Optimistic Learners |
|---|---|
| Established | 1963 |
| Head Teacher | Andrea Hazeldine |
| Head of Sixth Form | Becky Lear |
| Location |
Trevol Road Torpoint Cornwall PL11 2NH England |
| Local authority | Cornwall Council |
| DfE number | ???/4144 |
| DfE URN | 112041 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 849 |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Publication | Torpoint Topic |
| Website |
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Torpoint Community College is a secondary school in south-east Cornwall, England. It educates 850 students aged 11 to 18. It started life as a 'secondary modern' school before becoming a comprehensive in the 1970s. Traditionally students lived exclusively in the Torpoint and Rame Peninsula, more recently they have been joined by a number of students travelling from Plymouth via the ferry over the River Tamar. Traditionally the school was known for its strong showing in sport, fielding competitive football teams and, during the 1980s, being particularly good at tennis.
The school's most notable former pupil in the area of public life is Sheryll Murray, Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall. Other former pupils have excelled in the areas of academia, commerce, the professions and sport (Jack Stephens, a talented young footballer at Southampton FC, is the most prominent example of the latter). A number of ex pupils have become successful entrepreneurs and business people.
TCC's Sixth Form was opened in the late 1990s (prior to which pupils left school at 16 with some continuing their educations elsewhere) offers a wide range of AS and A Level subjects as well as vocational courses for post-16 students.