South Molton Community College

South Molton Community College (known to students and teachers as SMCC) is a coeducational foundation secondary school located in South Molton in the English county of Devon.[1]

South Molton Community College
Address
Old Alswear Road

South Molton
,
Devon
,
EX36 4LA

England
Coordinates51.01248°N 3.83394°W / 51.01248; -3.83394
Information
TypeFoundation school
Local authorityDevon
Department for Education URN113512 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMr Lewis
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
HousesD, G, H, R (and S, in years of exceptional intake)
Colour(s)Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, (White) ^
Websitehttp://www.smcc.devon.sch.uk/

Previously a community school administered solely by Devon County Council, on 2 January 2012 South Molton Community College became a foundation co-operative trust school, partnered with Mole Valley Farmers.[2]

South Molton Community College offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.

Construction of a new school in North Devon was completed in April 2017.[3]

In 2018 controversy hit the school when an ex teacher from the school - Mr Torley, admitted to filming his students in a state of undress with an application on his phone. He was also accused, but was acquitted of sexually touching his students.[4]

Alumni

Ex-teachers include Carol Klein - English gardener and TV presenter on BBC Gardeners World

References
  1. "South Molton Community College". Smcc.devon.sch.uk. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. "South Molton Co-operative Learning Trust". Smcc.devon.sch.uk. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. "Exclusive first look around multi-million pound new Devon school building". devonlive.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. "Creepy teacher is cleared of molesting schoolgirls". plymouthherald.co.uk. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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