Category: 2019/20 Academic Year

World Book Day Fun At Park

Date: 6th March 2020

To celebrate World Book Day The Park Community School enjoyed a glorious array of character costumes from both students and staff. English Teacher Ms Emily...

U13 North Devon Netball Tournament 2020

Date: 4th March 2021

On Wednesday 4th March, 2020 our year 8 Netball team had their North Devon Netball Tournament. Another sporting fixture taking place in awful weather conditions,...

English Schools Cross Country Cup National Final

Date: 10th December 2019

Congratulations to the Park Community School Year 7 and 8 Cross Country team who were the only state school team to reach the English Schools...

District Rotary Young Chef competition Winner

Date: 13th December 2019

A big congratulations to Megan Burnell 10JS who was awarded First Place at the District Rotary Young Chef competition held at Petroc this week. Megan...

North Devon Youth Speaks Winners

Date: 8th February 2020

Date: Saturday, 8 February, 2020 Youth Speaks is an opportunity for young people to develop the ability to speak on a public platform, carry out...

North Devon Rugby Festival 2020

Date: 28th February 2020

On Friday 28th February Mr Blanchard and Mrs Whiskin took fifteen U13 girls to the North Devon Rugby Festival. In absolutely horrendous conditions, they played...

Longitude Explorer Prize

Date: 4th March 2020

Congratulations to our Park School team who have been named semi-finalists in the running to win the Longitude Explorer Prize. Good luck in the next...

North Devon Schools Gymnastics competition

Date: 1st March 2020

On Sunday 1st March 2020, Park School competed in the North Devon Schools Gymnastics competition held at Kingsley School, Bideford. Fifty gymnasts took part and...

The Park Community School was formed in 1972, although our history and part of the campus dates back to 1910 with the former Barnstaple Boys and Barnstaple Girls Grammar schools.

The school is popular and frequently oversubscribed, a trend which looks set to continue. Our catchment is wide, serving 31 feeder primary schools and a geographical radius in excess of 12 miles; however, many of our students travel a short distance and join us from one of our Trust partner schools or other local feeder schools.