Ilfracombe College
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Ilfracombe Arts College is a state comprehensive school
located in the North Devon
town of Ilfracombe
, England
. The college is unusual in that since the early 1980s, facilities available to students have included a television studio with editing suite.
Following fundraising and negotiations from 2001, the college was awarded specialist college Media Arts status
in 2004. The college has been renamed "Ilfracombe Arts College" from the original name of "Ilfracombe College".
There are five periods in the school day, each lasting one hour. They are organized as tutorial (20 minutes), lesson one, lesson two, break (30 minutes) lesson three, lesson four, lunch (45 minutes) and lesson five. This system replaced three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon in July 2006. The school governors have not yet decided whether to offer either the International Baccalaureate or the Pre-U as sixth form options.
Year 9,10,11 and Sixth Form Students are given the opportunity to participate in the Annual Ten Tors
walk .
Ilfracombe Arts College broadcasts regular Students Radio Shows in stereo on frequencies 103.6 & 107.7FM
In 2007 Ilfracombe Arts College built a £3.4 million arts block named the Beacon Arts Centre. The arts department relocated to this department, freeing up rooms for other uses in the school. The Previous Art rooms in (C Block) have now been refurbished into new Administration, Student Services, and LSU areas. The previous Student Services have been refurbished into a Conference room with video conferencing facilities.
In 2010 The MFL department transferred from their previous area in 1B block to 6B. The History/Geography dept. have transferred into 1B and are currently using 1 of 1B's IT suites for Teaching
To help students, the school has a peer support and peer mentoring system.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
located in the North Devon
North Devon
North Devon is the northern part of the English county of Devon. It is also the name of a local government district in Devon. Its council is based in Barnstaple. Other towns and villages in the North Devon District include Braunton, Fremington, Ilfracombe, Instow, South Molton, Lynton and Lynmouth...
town of Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England with a small harbour, surrounded by cliffs.The parish stretches along the coast from 'The Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and 4 miles along The Torrs to Lee Bay toward the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The college is unusual in that since the early 1980s, facilities available to students have included a television studio with editing suite.
Following fundraising and negotiations from 2001, the college was awarded specialist college Media Arts status
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
in 2004. The college has been renamed "Ilfracombe Arts College" from the original name of "Ilfracombe College".
There are five periods in the school day, each lasting one hour. They are organized as tutorial (20 minutes), lesson one, lesson two, break (30 minutes) lesson three, lesson four, lunch (45 minutes) and lesson five. This system replaced three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon in July 2006. The school governors have not yet decided whether to offer either the International Baccalaureate or the Pre-U as sixth form options.
Year 9,10,11 and Sixth Form Students are given the opportunity to participate in the Annual Ten Tors
Ten Tors
Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike organised and run in early May for 2,400 young people by the British Army on Dartmoor. The majority of entrants are schools, colleges, Scout groups and Cadet squadrons from South West England, though groups from across the UK regularly take part, as do teams from...
walk .
Ilfracombe Arts College broadcasts regular Students Radio Shows in stereo on frequencies 103.6 & 107.7FM
In 2007 Ilfracombe Arts College built a £3.4 million arts block named the Beacon Arts Centre. The arts department relocated to this department, freeing up rooms for other uses in the school. The Previous Art rooms in (C Block) have now been refurbished into new Administration, Student Services, and LSU areas. The previous Student Services have been refurbished into a Conference room with video conferencing facilities.
In 2010 The MFL department transferred from their previous area in 1B block to 6B. The History/Geography dept. have transferred into 1B and are currently using 1 of 1B's IT suites for Teaching
To help students, the school has a peer support and peer mentoring system.