Okehampton College

Okehampton College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Okehampton in the English county of Devon.[1]

Okehampton College
Address
Mill Road

Okehampton
,
Devon
,
EX20 1PW

England
Coordinates50.73623°N 3.99887°W / 50.73623; -3.99887
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityDevon County Council
TrustDartmoor Multi-Academy Trust
Department for Education URN145337 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMr Derrick Brett
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Websitehttp://www.okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk/

History

Previously a foundation school administered by Devon County Council, in January 2018 Okehampton College converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust.

Admissions

Pupils are normally admitted from Boasley Cross Community Primary School, Bridestowe Primary School, Chagford CE Primary School, Exbourne CE Primary School, Hatherleigh Community Primary School, Lew Trenchard CE Primary School, Lydford School, Northlew & Ashbury Parochial Primary School, North Tawton Community Primary School, Okehampton Primary School and South Tawton Primary School.[2] The school also operates a federation with Holsworthy Community College in Holsworthy.[3]

Academics

Okehampton College offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, NVQs and further BTECs.

Notable awards
  • Zayed Future Energy Prize - 2013 winner [4]
  • 'Outstanding' OFSTED report - 2014 [5]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "Okehampton College". E-learn.okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  2. "Feeder primaries". E-learn.okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  3. "About Us". Holsworthycollege.devon.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  4. "Okehampton College Wins Zayed Future Energy Prize". E-learn.okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  5. "Okehampton College Receives 'Outstanding' OFSTED report". E-learn.okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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