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Year 10 Art Workshop

The Helen foundation kindly financed and supported our Year 10 Art students with a one day Artist workshop run by James Hedge, exploring Identity in relation to Climate crisis.In preparation for the w...

Sports Ambassador Applications

We are excited to announce that we are continuing our Sport Ambassador initiative within the PE department. We are looking to expand our team of Sport Ambassadors so students have the opportunity to a...

Sex Education Focus

The teaching of Relationship and Sex Education is not only mandatory, but extremely important to help develop and broaden our learner's personal journey. I was really heartened to see the way in which...

GCSE Results and Guidance 2021

Results day for GCSE exams will be published on Thursday 12th August 2021. The attached document explains the way the grades will be awarded this year and information regarding appeals.Guidance 2021

It is always exciting to hear about the adventures of our students, who are engaged in a wide range of activities out of school.Last year we were delighted to hear about Olivia’s success in Westward L...

Year 10 Pre-Public exams 2021

Please find below the year 10 Pre Public Examination (PPE) timetable. The year 10 PPEs will run from Friday 18th June until Monday 5th July 2021. The PPEs are an important method of assessment that ca...

Bringing History to Life

On Monday 3rd May, Year 9 students attended a talk from Holocaust survivor Michael Brown co-ordinated by the Holocaust Educational Trust and arranged by Miss Wright. Michael talked about his early lif...

Student Of The Month March 2021

Congratulations to Faith for being awarded Student Of The Month for March.It is clear from the many comments received why staff were delighted to nominate Faith - a few are below:I'm really pleased th...

UKMT Maths Challenge 2021

This week we have 70 students from years 7 and 8 taking part in the UKMT Maths Challenge; a 60-minute, multiple-choice competition aimed at students across the UK.It encourages mathematical reasoning,...

Welcome to Dawlish College

Welcome to the college! Click on the link below to find out more about the college.Please contact Kbukowski@dawlish.devon.sch.uk for a tour of the college – we would love to welcome you any time to su...

World Book Day Success

This year we celebrated World Book Day with Scholastic, the team that brings us our Book Fairs, for a week of free events. Each day all Year 7 and 8 students had the opportunity to enjoy an array of w...

Clubs and Activities Summer 2021

Despite the limitations placed on us by the COVID system of controls that we have to implement, we are delighted to be able to offer your child a varied and exciting range of extracurricular opportuni...

Twinning Association Donation

Dawlish College was delighted to receive a donation from the Dawlish Twinning Association to support work in the Modern Foreign Languages Faculty. As a town, Dawlish is twinned with Carhaix-Plouguer i...

La Galette des Rois 2021

During the month of January, the MFL team have been celebrating Epiphany with the French traditional cake “La Galette des Rois” (King’s Cake). Madame Marc baked a Galette des Rois on Epiphany day in ...

Year 9 Careers Support

This term your child will have some important decisions to make when choosing their option subjects. Post-16 Colleges work very closely with us here at Dawlish College, offering a wide range of course...

Newton Abbot College Sixth Form Offer

A message from NACAs you are aware, Newton Abbot College is able to provide post-16 education to students across the Estuaries Multi-Academy Trust. We have welcomed Dawlish College students to our six...

Bicton College Information:Is there a deadline for me to submit my college application?We can accept applications for this academic year up until September 2021, however we advise that you submit your...

Remote Education Provision January 2021

For details of our remote education provision, please click on the link below:Remote Education Provision January 2021

Interested in following courses at Teignmouth Sixth Form College in 2021?Click on the links below to find out about the college and the courses available, as well as their virtual open evening.Open Ev...

Thank You!

Thank you to all parents who sent through such kind words for staff. I was overwhelmed by the many emails from parents after my plea. Below are just some of the many words of praise from our parent co...

Bicton College Courses 2021

Bicton College specialises in agriculture and outdoor working. They currently offers courses in such topics as animal care, countryside management, horticulture, veterinary nursing, agricultural engin...

Moldova Shoebox Appeal

You are amazing! We have had a fantastic response to our shoeboxes for Moldova appeal and today 184 boxes were loaded into cars and delivered, ready to be shipped to very needy families.What a phenome...

STEM Challenge

Last week, Year 8 students participated in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) challenge arranged by the Smallpeice Trust, an educational charity whose aim is to get students interest...

Zooming To Success F1 Style

We were excited to hear that one of our students has recently been mixing with Formula 1 success!Amelie was made aware of an opportunity to work with Jennie Gow, a sports presenter with the BBC, by he...

Zero Tolerance To Hate Crime Pledge

Dawlish College has signed up to the "Zero Tolerance To Hate Crime" campaign! We have pledged to:•promote an equal society to uphold the rights of everyone and we will work to eliminate unlawful discr...

Devon County Council COVID-19 Update

Dear Parent/Carer,We’ve had a good start to the academic year in Devon, with more than 90% of pupils back in school, which is excellent.There’s always a rise in the number of bugs and illness at the s...

Learning Centre Gets Top Recognition

We are so very proud that our learning centre managers have recently been recognised nationally for their fantastic work.Mrs Meredith and Mrs Cotton were recently commended by the Society of Authors, ...

Meet our Student Leadership Team 2020

Welcome to our new Student Leadership team - Alex, Callie, Callum, Ethan, Jayden, Josie, Lola, Lucy, Malachi and Olivia. We also send congratulations to our Key Stage 3 Student Leaders - Eric, Hannah,...

Results 2020 - Congratulations!

Fantastic to see so many smiling faces yesterday as our Year 11 students collected their well-deserved results!Well done to every single one of you - we are very proud of all you have achieved!

Art Exhibition 2020

At Dawlish College we usually celebrate the year's GCSE Art achievements by selecting nominees for our Dawlish Art Award from our 6 GCSE art groups. We choose from outcomes produced in our 3 annual ar...

Building Greater Exeter Education Hub

The BUILDING GREATER EXETER EDUCATION HUB’ is now live. The hub provides lots of engaging activities and educational resources to help those interested in learning more about the construction industr...

Transition 2020

For students, parents and carers of those joining us in September, below is the video link for the Transition 2020 video. We hope you enjoy it!Transition 2020

Apprenticeship Information 2020

Click on the link below for information about apprenticeships for parents and carers.Information Pack

RE in Lockdown

In RE students have been asked to find ways to explore beliefs at this time, to thank or to motivate others. Here's some examples of excellent work.

Careers Education At Home 2020

Click on the links below for information and careers guidance whilst we are all working from working from home.Careers Guidance For StudentsResources For Parents

Modern Foreign Languages Round Up

MFL in lockdown May 2020

Year 10 students in MFL have been working hard at all aspects of their GCSE course, including writing about their own experiences of lockdown (le confinement) in French. This week they have been resea...

Art In Lockdown

Some fantastic examples of Art work being produced during lockdown.

Technology in Lockdown

Some stunning work being produced by our students in lockdown.

A Message from staff May 2020

A few words from staff during this difficult time. We hope you are well and keeping safe.....but we miss you!But we miss you...

Design Technology at home

Some fantastic photographs of your food technology and craft work from home. Well done Isla, Chloe, Anna, Lily and Connor and everyone for their efforts!

Year 10 Art Work

Fantastic to see some of the Art work from our Year 10 GCSE Art students based on their topic "Human Form" completed under these difficult circumstances. Their resilience and creativity is amazing! We...

Young Devon Support

Young Devon are offering a wide range of digital support, delivering a range of services by 'phone, video-call and e mail.

Kooth Support

Helping Children Cope With Stress

Women In Industry

We recently took two groups out to explore the world of work. They clearly enjoyed their experience!Medical Mavericks Year 10 students who are interested in a career in the NHS were invited along to a...

Languages Speaking Success

Recently 9 very excited (and nervous) students from both colleges travelled to Barnstaple together to take part in a regional MFL Speaking Competition, being held at Pilton Community College. They had...

Aiming High

A group of students from Year 8 spent the day at Marjon University, Plymouth before half term finding out about what studying at University really means.They were engaged in a range of sessions, inclu...

Devon Public Health have put together a website aimed at residents, parents and schools which brings together all the relevant public links to information about Coronavirus. Follow the link below for...

Buckfast Abbey Experience

Recently Year 8 students went to a day of spiritual and moral activities organised by Buckfast Abbey.The high-light of the day was the REconnect experience: a range of thought provoking and exciting a...

Rotary Young Chef Success

The second heat of the Rotary Young Chef Competition produced another close competition at the end of November. Local, Area and District Rotary competitions are being held at the College for the first...

Licensed for D of E

We are delighted to announce that Dawlish College is now officially a licensed centre for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is the world's leading youth achievement awar...

Dawlish Remembers

The Last Post played at Dawlish CollegeYesterday morning, as part of Remembrance activities at Dawlish College, year 7 and 8 students were given a very moving Remembrance Assembly by the Head of Colle...

School League Tables 2019

The Government has updated the school league tables with 2019 exam results. Follow this link to see the ranking for Devon Education Authority schools.Government League Tables for Devon Schools 2019

OFSTED Inspection 2019

I am delighted to be able to share with you the outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection Overall Effectiveness GoodEffectiveness of leadership and management GoodQuality of teaching, learning and asses...

HappyMaps

Funded by Health Education England, HappyMaps is designed to help parents find useful resources on behaviour and mental health for their children - from babies to young adults.It is hoped that this wi...

Championing Mental Wellbeing

The statistics surrounding teenage mental health are worrying: 20% of adolescents may experience a mental health problem in any given year; 50% of mental health problems are established by the age of ...

Momo Challenge Warning

The college has been made aware of some nasty challenges (Momo Challenge) which are hacking into children’s programmes, social media and online games.This ‘challenge’ targets young people and encourag...

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