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List Of Schools In Plymouth
This is a list of schools in Plymouth in the English county of Devon. State-funded schools Primary schools *Austin Farm Academy *Beechwood Primary Academy *Boringdon Primary School *The Cathedral School of St Mary *Chaddlewood Primary School *College Road Primary School *Compton CE Primary School *Drake Primary Academy *Eggbuckland Vale Primary School *Elburton Primary School *Ernesettle Community School *Ford Primary School *Glen Park Primary School *Goosewell Primary Academy *High Street Primary Academy *High View School *Holy Cross RC Primary School *Hooe Primary Academy *Hyde Park Infants' School *Hyde Park Junior School *Keyham Barton RC Primary School *Knowle Primary School *Laira Green Primary School *Leigham Primary School *Lipson Vale Primary School *Manadon Vale Primary School *Marine Academy Plymouth *Marlborough Primary Academy *Mary Dean's CE Primary School *Mayflower Academy * Millbay Academy *Montpelier Primary School *Morice Town Primary Academy *Morley Meadow P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton founded in the ninth century, now called Plymouth. In 1588, an English fleet based in Plymouth intercepted and defeated the Spanish Armada. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony, the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America. During the English Civil War, the town was held by the Roundhead, Parliamentarians and was besieged between 1642 and 1646. Throughout the Industrial Revolution, Plymouth grew as a commercial shipping port, handling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymstock School
Plymstock School is a state comprehensive secondary school (ages 11–19) in Plymstock, a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England. It was the first West Devon comprehensive school (built on the core of a post war secondary school) and is now a Specialist Sports College. it has 1,626 students, of whom 240 are in the sixth form. In April 2011, the school became an academy. Plymstock School was maintained by Devon County Council until 1 April 1967, when it was transferred to Plymouth City Council which has maintained it until April 2011. In 2003 it underwent what was reported as a budget crisis, forcing redundancies and reduced spending on new classrooms to replace temporary facilities. The school offers AS and A levels as the sixth form option, having no plans despite the large pupil numbers, to teach the International Baccalaureat or the pre-U despite the IB now being offered in many leading schools in the city and county including, Plymouth High School for Girls (a selective gramm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OneSchool Global UK
Focus Learning Trust is a registered charity which operates a network of independent schools (known as OneSchool Global UK schools) in the United Kingdom that are affiliated to the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. The schools have a non-selective intake of pupils from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. Focus Learning Trust was first formed in 2003 and has a head office in Warwick, England. List of OneSchool Global UK schools Primary schools *OneSchool Global UK Hartford *OneSchool Global UK Northampton *OneSchool Global UK Scunthorpe *OneSchool Global UK Shinfield Secondary schools *OneSchool Global UK Alloa *OneSchool Global UK Atherstone *OneSchool Global UK Balmedie *OneSchool Global UK Berkeley *OneSchool Global UK Biggleswade *OneSchool Global UK Dunstable *OneSchool Global UK Gloucester *OneSchool Global UK Hartford *OneSchool Global UK Hindhead *OneSchool Global UK Hornby *OneSchool Global UK Kenley *OneSchool Global UK Knockloughrim *OneSchool Global UK Linton *O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth College Of Art
Arts University Plymouth is an independent university-sector Higher Education (HE) provider located in Plymouth in South West England. The former Plymouth College of Art was officially granted university status in 2022. In April 2019 the specialist college was awarded taught degree awarding powers (TDAP) by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), granting the institution the authority to award and accredit its own BA (Hons) degrees and Masters awards. Description The University provides creative education at undergraduate, postgraduate and pre-degree level, specialising in the fields of art, design, crafts and media. Pre-Degree courses include Foundation Diploma in Art and Design. The Gallery, Plymouth Arts Cinema and Fab Lab Plymouth are located in the city centre campus, offering a range of short courses, masterclasses, and National Art & Design Young Arts Club. The college is a UK Advisory Council Member of the Creative Industries Federation, a Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City College Plymouth
City College Plymouth is a tertiary institution and further education college in South West England offering a range of technical, professional and vocational qualifications, Apprenticeships, Access to Higher Education and Foundation Degree courses, plus professional and bespoke training to local employers. The College is a partner college of the University of Plymouth, who support their Foundation Degree provision. The college was formerly known as the Plymouth College of Further Education and was officially renamed on 1 January 2007. Campuses and facilities The College is currently based on Kings Road in Devonport, with an additional base at Piquet Barracks. The College has industry-standard facilities, including training kitchens, performance and production studios, engineering and construction workshops. It previously had another campus focused on STEM at the Goschen Centre in Keyham, however, this was closed in the autumn of 2016 to build a new STEM building at the main Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longcause Community Special School
Longcause Community Special School is a special school for students aged 4 to 16 with learning difficulties. The college has about 100 students. The school specialises in children with cognitive, learning, communication and interaction difficulties. Cultural exchange Longcause Community Special School has an exchange partnership with Tafelberg School in Cape Town organised by Afri Twin. In 2008 students from Tafelberg had visited Longcause School and in 2010 the visit was repeated. Students and teachers from Tefelberg incorporated a visit to Longcause School into a tour they made. Tafelberg School students also visited the nearby and much older Hele's School Hele's School, formerly Plympton Grammar School, is a mixed Academy school and Sixth Form in the Plympton district of Plymouth, England, east of Plymouth city centre. Until 31 March 2011, Hele’s was a community school funded by the Local Ed ... which dates back to 1658. French and Chinese teachers working at Hele's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth High School For Girls
Plymouth High School for Girls (PHSG) is a girls' grammar school founded in 1874. It is located on St Lawrence Road in Plymouth, Devon, England, close to Mutley Plain and Plymouth city centre. History In February 1874 the Devon and Cornwall Girls' School Company was formed, opening a school for girls in Sherwell House, North Hill (only a few hundred metres from the school's current location), on 14 September that year. It was intended that the school should move to other premises and for this purpose a fund had been set up to purchase a suitable site. Land surrounding a detached property known as 'North Hill' was chosen and the first part of these new premises were opened by the bishop of Exeter, Doctor Frederick Temple, on 21 January 1878. North Hill house became the home of the headmistress, Miss Kendall. A new building was designed by a Mr Paull and erected by Messrs Blatchford of Tavistock. £3,000 was expended on the purchase of the site and a further £10,000 on the build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devonport High School For Girls
Devonport High School for Girls is a selective girls' state grammar school with academy status (ages 11–18) in Plymouth, England. History In September 1908 Devonport High School for Girls (DHSG) was recognised as a girls' secondary school. It was originally located at Paradise Road, Stoke in Plymouth, and known as Devonport Municipal Secondary School for Girls. It was established approximately 15 years after its sibling Devonport High School for Boys. The school moved to its current location which overlooks the Plymouth Argyle football ground, Home Park, on 10 September 1937. The school was divided into four houses- St.Joan, St.Margaret, St.Monica and St.Ursula. They were then changed to Falcon, Kestrel, Hawk and Eagle. Today the house system still exists but are now named Flete, Kitley, Hartland and Edgecumbe after local houses. During World War II the girls were evacuated to Tiverton Grammar School, whilst the DHSG building was initially used by the fire service who were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devonport High School For Boys
Devonport High School for Boys is a grammar school and academy, for boys aged 11 to 18, in Plymouth, Devon, England. It has around 1,135 pupils. Its catchment area includes southwest Devon and southeast Cornwall as well as Plymouth. Pupils are accepted on the basis of academic aptitude. School history The school was founded by Alonzo Rider on Albert Road, Stoke, Devonport, on 16 January 1896 to meet the needs of boys in Devonport and the surrounding area who sought a career in the Royal Navy, as engineers and civil servants. In 1906, the Devonport Borough Council took over the school and over the next thirty years it continued to teach boys who came from the city or in by train from the Tamar Valley and Cornwall. Old Boys went on to careers both locally and nationally – and especially in the MoD. In 1941 the school was evacuated to Penzance because of World War II and in 1945 returned to the present site, the former Stoke Military Hospital on Paradise Road, which had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC Plymouth
UTC Plymouth is a university technical college (UTC) that opened in the Devonport area of Plymouth, Devon, England in September 2013. The college is located on the site of the former Parkside Community College on Park Avenue. The campus was extensively rebuilt and refurbished for the opening of the UTC in 2013. Sponsors and partners The University of Plymouth is the university sponsor of the UTC, while City College Plymouth and Plymouth City Council are the other sponsors. UTC Plymouth are affiliated to the Royal Navy. Employer partners of UTC Plymouth include Babcock International, Becton Dickinson, DS Smith, Fine Tubes, Invensys, Plessey, Princess Yachts, UTC Aerospace Systems, VI-Spring, MVV Environment and Wrigley Company. Admissions UTC Plymouth had an initial intake of students aged 14 and 16 (academic years 10 and 12) in 2013 and expanded to accommodate students aged 14 to 19 over the following years. In September 2020 UTC Plymouth welcomed students from Years 7 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor Bridge High
Tor Bridge High (formerly Estover Community College) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Estover area of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Previously a community school administered by Plymouth City Council, Tor Bridge High converted to academy status on 1 August 2011. The school is now part of the Tor Bridge Partnership which includes Plym Bridge Nursery, Tor Bridge Primary School and Cann Bridge School. However Tor Bridge High continues to coordinate with Plymouth City Council for admissions. Tor Bridge High offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels, OCR Nationals and further BTECs. Some courses are offered in conjunction with Lipson Co-operative Academy Lipson Co-operative Academy (formerly Lipson Community College) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Lipson area of Plymouth in the Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Damerel Community College
Stoke Damerel Community College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Stoke, Plymouth, England. Stoke Damerel Community College was formed after the closure of Penlee Secondary Modern in the late 1980s. The school has recently had major building and refurbishment work completed to improve its entrance and create larger, more modern open spaces. Work included "The Street", a large central corridor to help congestion and provide a social area for the students, an extended library with over a hundred flat screen computers, a larger and better equipped Sixth Form common room and sports facilities. The school is on a hill with panoramic views of Plymouth and admits pupils from 11 to 18. The sixth form offers A levels, AS levels, and BTEC qualifications. The school has around 750 computers. The school became an academy An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
