Teignmouth Community School is a Community

Community

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 Academy

Academy

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 in Teignmouth

Teignmouth

Teignmouth is a town and civil parish in Teignbridge in the English county of Devon, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign about 14 miles south of Exeter. It has a population of 14,413. In 1690, it was the last place in England to be invaded by a foreign power...

, Devon

Devon

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, England

England

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 for pupils aged 3 - 19, and as of 2010 has approximately 1,555 on roll of which around 170 are in the Sixth Form. It is the only non fee secondary school in the town, with other secondary education in Teignmouth being provided by the independent Trinity School. Class sizes at Teignmouth Community College average about 30 pupils and feeder primary schools in the area include Our Lady and St Patricks RC primary school, Hazeldown Primary, Inverteign community nursery and primary school, Bishopsteingnton primary school and Shaldon

Shaldon

Shaldon is a village in South Devon, England. It is located opposite Teignmouth in South Devon, England and situated on the River Teign. It has been described as "a quaint English drinking village, with a fishing problem". The village is a popular bathing place and is characterised by Georgian...

 primary school.

The college became a specialist in maths and computing in 2004. A February 2010 Ofsted

Ofsted

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 inspection report allocated the school an overall Grade 2 (Good) for its performance, with a Grade 1 (outstanding) on some points.

History

Formerly two schools, Teignmouth Grammar School and Teignmouth Secondary Modern, located on the site of the current school. The two schools merged to become Teignmouth High School and then in the late 1980s the name was changed to Teignmouth Community College.

Curriculum

Core subjects follow the National Curriculum with sixth form pupils following A-level, AS-level and BTEC

BTEC

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 courses. The college also offers vocational courses including NVQ's in hairdressing and BTEC Diplomas in courses such as health and social care

Health and Social Care

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, information technology

Information technology

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, travel and tourism, horticulture

Horticulture

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, construction

Construction

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 and mechanics

Mechanics

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 as well as many GCSE, A level and AS courses. Students from nearby Teign School

Teign School

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 also attend the college's vocational programmes.

Notable alumni

• John Bainbridge
  John Bainbridge (author)
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  , author and countryside campaigner.
• Matthew Bellamy
  Matthew Bellamy
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   lead singer, guitarist and pianist of rock group Muse
  Muse (band)
  Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...
  
  
• Derek Cole
  Derek Cole
  Derek Henry Cole was an English cricketer. Cole was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm off break and right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Dawlish, Devon.-Cricket career:...
  
  , cricketer
• Dominic Howard
  Dominic Howard
  Dominic James "Dom" Howard , is the drummer for the English rock band Muse.-Early life:Howard was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in England. When he was around 8 years old he moved with his family to Teignmouth, a small town in Devon. He began playing drums at about the age of 12, when he...
  
  , drummer of Muse
• Chris Wolstenholme
  Chris Wolstenholme
  Christopher Tony Wolstenholme better known as Chris Wolstenholme, is an English musician and the bassist and backing vocalist for the English rock band Muse...
  
  , bassist of Muse

Uniform

Pre 1990s

• Black trousers/grey skirt
• White shirt
• Grey v-neck sweater
• Red/Gold/Navy tie
• Black blazer with school badge (optional in later years)

Pre and including the 2004/2005 academic year.

• Black trousers/skirt.
• Red polo shirt with school logo.
• Black sweatshirt with school logo.

Post and including 2005/2006 academic year.

• Black trousers/skirt.
• Pale blue polo shirt with school logo.
• Navy blue sweatshirt with school logo.
• Navy blue zip through sweat top with school logo.
• Royal Blue Polo shirt for those with roles such as peer support.

There will be a new uniform coming out soon.

Houses

The six houses, Hartor, Sittaford, Coombestone, Lynch, Watern, Beardown, each house containing a class from every age group, are named after some of the tors on nearby Dartmoor.