School Summary
South Dartmoor Community College
Girls: 395
Total Pupils: 843
Opened: 01-04-2011
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Headteacher: Jenny Veal
South Dartmoor Community College
Balland Lane
Ashburton
Devon
TQ13 7EW
Telephone: 01364652230
Website: http://www.southdartmoor.devon.sch.uk/
Headteacher: Jenny Veal
South Dartmoor Community College
Balland Lane
Ashburton
Devon
TQ13 7EW
Telephone: 01364652230
Website: http://www.southdartmoor.devon.sch.uk/
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I had very few problems and feel I got on well here because I was well liked, I cannot speak for the rest of the pupils as some were disliked. Rugby was great, had Chealsea football foundation there. A pretty good place. Yet had problems with the Science department. Even messed up my sets at the start of year 11, putting me in a lower set, due to changes as we had the year 10 science exams. Never sorted, but may had to be changed. Left to go to Wales, never got to see where I could\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve gone from there. Year 10 was good though. It was a fluff up that could\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been dealt with.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I personally found it was a very good school, but that was only personal. I had very few problems and feel I got on well here because I was well liked, I cannot speak for the rest of the pupils as some were disliked. Rugby was great, had Chealsea football foundation there. A pretty good place. 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Sadly the story of its demise sounds very similar to what has happened at my son\u00e2\u0080\u0099s current secondary - new head, behaviour policy and reward system made overly punitive, all stick and no carrot, lots of creative options removed. He lost the faith and good will of the kids & the teachers, so terrible atmosphere there, bullying, staff leaving in droves, the school failed st ofsted, went into special measures and has therefore been force-academised. It is actually looking up a bit now, but I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m not alone amongst parents in wondering if the whole thing was a stitch up. Be warned!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m really sad to hear all these bad reviews - I really thought this was a great school and actually considered moving to the area at one point so my son could go there. Sadly the story of its demise sounds very similar to what has happened at my son\u00e2\u0080\u0099s current secondary - new head, behaviour policy and reward system made overly punitive, all stick and no carrot, lots of creative options removed. He lost the faith and good will of the kids & the teachers, so terrible atmosphere there, bullying, staff leaving in droves, the school failed st ofsted, went into special measures and has therefore been force-academised. It is actually looking up a bit now, but I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m not alone amongst parents in wondering if the whole thing was a stitch up. Be warned!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"rosa rola","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110424944247005501663\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLCARLFpZXSBGuTA2-FWBku1eBLgEM6G7cBbP5ah1-3=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-26T21:29:09Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":3,"text":{"text":"I left this school 10 years ago after having spent 7 years there - all the way from year 7 to finishing sixth form. When I was there, there were several lovely teachers who tried their best within the restraints of the mainstream system. For them, I am very thankful for some special moments. My sister, who is 10 years younger, also left this school just last year. Her experience here was much worse than mine overall.\n\nThe school as a whole community is a standard \"testocracy\" just like any other well financed big mainstream school. And now, I hear it has become a mega academy like a successful corporation swallowing smaller schools into its campaign of \"success.\" All the criticisms I have are towards the whole UK schooling system. Like Ken Robinson says this school too on the whole, kills creativity. It also strangles true critical thinking and god-forbid if you should form any kind of meaningful relationship with a child that could cause a hug to happen! You might get locked up for being a pedophile.\n\nThe reason I give 3 stars and not 1 is because of several teachers who had a lot of passion and care for their work. They managed to make the school have some very special moments and prevent it from falling under into a complete robot-factory. There are also lots of extra-curricula activities available to take part, lots of resources, a very decent library space and expensive sports facilities. So the potential material resources are there, it's just a shame about the mental\/organisational structure that holds it back from flourishing into something far more liberating and educative. (Liberating in the way that Paulo Freire uses the term and Educative in the sense that John Dewey uses the word).\n\nIf you would like to learn about what school and education could be - what the possibilities are - then please check out the project I am involved in: Wondering School. Here. we are sharing educational projects that are truly exceptional.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I left this school 10 years ago after having spent 7 years there - all the way from year 7 to finishing sixth form. When I was there, there were several lovely teachers who tried their best within the restraints of the mainstream system. For them, I am very thankful for some special moments. My sister, who is 10 years younger, also left this school just last year. Her experience here was much worse than mine overall.\n\nThe school as a whole community is a standard \"testocracy\" just like any other well financed big mainstream school. And now, I hear it has become a mega academy like a successful corporation swallowing smaller schools into its campaign of \"success.\" All the criticisms I have are towards the whole UK schooling system. Like Ken Robinson says this school too on the whole, kills creativity. It also strangles true critical thinking and god-forbid if you should form any kind of meaningful relationship with a child that could cause a hug to happen! You might get locked up for being a pedophile.\n\nThe reason I give 3 stars and not 1 is because of several teachers who had a lot of passion and care for their work. They managed to make the school have some very special moments and prevent it from falling under into a complete robot-factory. There are also lots of extra-curricula activities available to take part, lots of resources, a very decent library space and expensive sports facilities. So the potential material resources are there, it's just a shame about the mental\/organisational structure that holds it back from flourishing into something far more liberating and educative. (Liberating in the way that Paulo Freire uses the term and Educative in the sense that John Dewey uses the word).\n\nIf you would like to learn about what school and education could be - what the possibilities are - then please check out the project I am involved in: Wondering School. Here. we are sharing educational projects that are truly exceptional.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Charlie Shread","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104002954633902104765\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXjtKYrtqc2_lv9h22RaF0_8J78Q85mb4cgiU2fXF7qlMpW=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2017-06-03T12:08:23Z"}]
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I had very few problems and feel I got on well here because I was well liked, I cannot speak for the rest of the pupils as some were disliked. Rugby was great, had Chealsea football foundation there. A pretty good place. Yet had problems with the Science department. Even messed up my sets at the start of year 11, putting me in a lower set, due to changes as we had the year 10 science exams. Never sorted, but may had to be changed. Left to go to Wales, never got to see where I could\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve gone from there. Year 10 was good though. It was a fluff up that could\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been dealt with.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I personally found it was a very good school, but that was only personal. I had very few problems and feel I got on well here because I was well liked, I cannot speak for the rest of the pupils as some were disliked. Rugby was great, had Chealsea football foundation there. A pretty good place. Yet had problems with the Science department. Even messed up my sets at the start of year 11, putting me in a lower set, due to changes as we had the year 10 science exams. Never sorted, but may had to be changed. Left to go to Wales, never got to see where I could\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve gone from there. Year 10 was good though. It was a fluff up that could\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been dealt with.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Martin Powell","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112722267027639708837\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVl1gjV77ODq1sMj-arOdRqNoLid5SmhXPm1hXtROqhH7c=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2019-02-20T10:00:28Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m really sad to hear all these bad reviews - I really thought this was a great school and actually considered moving to the area at one point so my son could go there. Sadly the story of its demise sounds very similar to what has happened at my son\u00e2\u0080\u0099s current secondary - new head, behaviour policy and reward system made overly punitive, all stick and no carrot, lots of creative options removed. He lost the faith and good will of the kids & the teachers, so terrible atmosphere there, bullying, staff leaving in droves, the school failed st ofsted, went into special measures and has therefore been force-academised. It is actually looking up a bit now, but I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m not alone amongst parents in wondering if the whole thing was a stitch up. Be warned!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m really sad to hear all these bad reviews - I really thought this was a great school and actually considered moving to the area at one point so my son could go there. Sadly the story of its demise sounds very similar to what has happened at my son\u00e2\u0080\u0099s current secondary - new head, behaviour policy and reward system made overly punitive, all stick and no carrot, lots of creative options removed. He lost the faith and good will of the kids & the teachers, so terrible atmosphere there, bullying, staff leaving in droves, the school failed st ofsted, went into special measures and has therefore been force-academised. It is actually looking up a bit now, but I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m not alone amongst parents in wondering if the whole thing was a stitch up. Be warned!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"rosa rola","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110424944247005501663\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLCARLFpZXSBGuTA2-FWBku1eBLgEM6G7cBbP5ah1-3=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-26T21:29:09Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":3,"text":{"text":"I left this school 10 years ago after having spent 7 years there - all the way from year 7 to finishing sixth form. When I was there, there were several lovely teachers who tried their best within the restraints of the mainstream system. For them, I am very thankful for some special moments. My sister, who is 10 years younger, also left this school just last year. Her experience here was much worse than mine overall.\n\nThe school as a whole community is a standard \"testocracy\" just like any other well financed big mainstream school. And now, I hear it has become a mega academy like a successful corporation swallowing smaller schools into its campaign of \"success.\" All the criticisms I have are towards the whole UK schooling system. Like Ken Robinson says this school too on the whole, kills creativity. It also strangles true critical thinking and god-forbid if you should form any kind of meaningful relationship with a child that could cause a hug to happen! You might get locked up for being a pedophile.\n\nThe reason I give 3 stars and not 1 is because of several teachers who had a lot of passion and care for their work. They managed to make the school have some very special moments and prevent it from falling under into a complete robot-factory. There are also lots of extra-curricula activities available to take part, lots of resources, a very decent library space and expensive sports facilities. So the potential material resources are there, it's just a shame about the mental\/organisational structure that holds it back from flourishing into something far more liberating and educative. (Liberating in the way that Paulo Freire uses the term and Educative in the sense that John Dewey uses the word).\n\nIf you would like to learn about what school and education could be - what the possibilities are - then please check out the project I am involved in: Wondering School. Here. we are sharing educational projects that are truly exceptional.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I left this school 10 years ago after having spent 7 years there - all the way from year 7 to finishing sixth form. When I was there, there were several lovely teachers who tried their best within the restraints of the mainstream system. For them, I am very thankful for some special moments. My sister, who is 10 years younger, also left this school just last year. Her experience here was much worse than mine overall.\n\nThe school as a whole community is a standard \"testocracy\" just like any other well financed big mainstream school. And now, I hear it has become a mega academy like a successful corporation swallowing smaller schools into its campaign of \"success.\" All the criticisms I have are towards the whole UK schooling system. Like Ken Robinson says this school too on the whole, kills creativity. It also strangles true critical thinking and god-forbid if you should form any kind of meaningful relationship with a child that could cause a hug to happen! You might get locked up for being a pedophile.\n\nThe reason I give 3 stars and not 1 is because of several teachers who had a lot of passion and care for their work. They managed to make the school have some very special moments and prevent it from falling under into a complete robot-factory. There are also lots of extra-curricula activities available to take part, lots of resources, a very decent library space and expensive sports facilities. So the potential material resources are there, it's just a shame about the mental\/organisational structure that holds it back from flourishing into something far more liberating and educative. (Liberating in the way that Paulo Freire uses the term and Educative in the sense that John Dewey uses the word).\n\nIf you would like to learn about what school and education could be - what the possibilities are - then please check out the project I am involved in: Wondering School. Here. we are sharing educational projects that are truly exceptional.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Charlie Shread","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104002954633902104765\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXjtKYrtqc2_lv9h22RaF0_8J78Q85mb4cgiU2fXF7qlMpW=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2017-06-03T12:08:23Z"}]