Date: 16th November 2023
On the 15th November, the English department took a fantastic group of Year 10 and 11 students to watch a contemporary performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe. Students and teachers were impressed by the modern day take on Shakespeare’s tragedy, particularly its 70s disco twist on a very famous scene. This experience…
Please take a look at the latest edition of the ‘Kids Wrote This’ School Magazine. The students have once again done a fantastic job in writing their articles and designing their pages; I personally think it’s their best one yet and it’s a testament to how much time and effort they’ve dedicated to making it…
Date: 31st May 2022
The latest Student Magazine, designed and written by our wonderful student team – guided by Miss Sweet-Escott – has been published. Packed with interesting articles, artwork, photos and prose, it is a great read! Please find it below: School Magazine – May 2022 Website
Date: 8th June 2022
A group of year 9 students have been working hard for their Bronze Arts Award. They are working alongside the Barnstaple Museum and textiles artist Angie Parker. Angie travelled down from Bristol this week to lead practical workshops in school. Inspired by the current Ethel Mairet exhibition at the museum, students used natural dyes to…
Date: 7th March 2019
A huge congratulations to four students, Fin Carlyon (Year 9), Jacob Phillips (Year 8), Sethini Vanderbona (Year 8) and Harry Gammon (Year 9), who attended the UKMT Regional Team Maths Challlenge at Coombe Dean School on Thursday 7th March. They competed against other schools from the region and won! An impressive achievement, we now hope…
Date: 20th March 2015
Left to Right: Ryan Mundell, Matt Rowles, Jacob Stanhope, Alex Prouse, Emily Bousted, Bebe Malek Why did the egg go to school? Answer: To get “Egg-u-cated” On Monday 18th March, Year 9 students took part in a Technology Challenge day organised by Mr Rowe and his colleagues. Rising to our Design and Technology problem…
Date: 22nd April 2015
On Wednesday 22nd April 2015, Andrew Morgan 9MR, Jonas Hackney-Davies 9LC, Joanne Roper 8DA and Hadeel Abed 8KV, competed in the Regional UKMT Maths Challenge held at the Guildhall in Plymouth. The regional challenge consisted of four separate rounds where students had to solve mathematical puzzles on a range of different topics in a set…