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Revision as of 08:54, 31 March 2009

Tiverton High School
Address
Map
Bolham Road

, ,
EX16 6SQ

Information
Local authorityDevon
SpecialistArts College
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr Andrew Lovett
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrollment1500
Websitehttp://www.tiverton.devon.sch.uk/

Tiverton High School is a state secondary school located in the town of Tiverton, Devon, England. The school is ruled by the children and a specialist visual arts college.[1]

The school is situated ont the outskirts of tiverton, surrounded by country side, and there is a close working relationship with the nearby East Devon College.

Andrew Lovett has been the headmaster of the school, since 2004, that has around 1,200 pupils aged 11-16.[2]


Business partnerships

In 2001 the School won the 'Investors in Education Business Partnership' award.[3] hi

Computing

The School was one of the last bastions of RISC OS computing in education. They used thin client technology to deliver Windows if needed.[4] However in 2007 the school closed the last of the RISC OS rooms whiched was replaced with Apple Macs which are also used in the Art and Design and Technology Department. Windows XP is used throughout the rest of the school. They now have a total of four IT rooms as well as a library fitted with Apple Macs.

Energy conservation

In February 2005 in a case study sponsored by the Energy Saving Trust the School, in conjunction with Devon County Council, installed Building Energy Management Systems at the School that not only brought energy savings but provided a hook on which to introduce energy conservation into the curriculum.[5]

Visual archive on Tiverton floods

The government Environment Agency formed a partnership with local people and the school who made a video, launched in December 2006, that will serve as an archive of photographs and recollections of the flooding in Tiverton in the 1960s.[6] [7]

'Caravan of the Future'

in 2005 the Caravan Club invited designers, engineers, and others to design the 'Caravan of the Future’. Tiverton High was awarded a special merit prize in February 2007.[8]

Theatre and Art

The school musicals take place every two years, while other plays take place every year alongside the school's Art Presentations. Since 2003, the musicals have been, Return to the Forbidden Planet and Big Al. The plays since 2003 have been The Yarn, Strangers, The Children's Crusade from the National Youth Theatre, and a modern version of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

References

  1. ^ Ofsted report, April 2004
  2. ^ "Tiverton High School", The Good Schools Guide, 2006
  3. ^ "Awards", Global Action Plan
  4. ^ "RISC OS in schools today", Chris Williams, Drobe Launchpad, 13 February 2005
  5. ^ "Energy Services in schools, Energy Saving Trust, February 2005
  6. ^ "Visual archive on Tiverton floods", Paul Gainey, Environment Agency, 28 March 2006
  7. ^ "Visual archive on Tiverton floods completed by local students", Paul Gainey, Environment Agency, 1 December 2006
  8. ^ "The Caravan Club unveils the ‘Caravan of the Future’", The Caravan Club, 17 February 2007