Consultation on a proposal to change the age range of Okehampton College from 11-18 to 11-16 through the phased closure of the Post-16 provision.

If you require the consultation information in an alternative format or language, please contact Devon County Council’s School Consultation Team at 01392 382057 or email: schoolconsultations@devon.gov.uk

Proposal and variation to admission arrangements

The Trustees of Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust are consulting on a proposal to change the age range of Okehampton College from 11–18 to 11–16 by phasing out the Post-16 provision. The proposal being consulted on is as follows:

• Students currently in Years 12 and 13 will complete their studies at Okehampton’s Post-16 provision.
• The last year group to be admitted into Post-16 will be in September 2025, with these students completing their courses on-site (level 2 courses) and at Tavistock College (level 3 courses).
• The Post-16 provision would formally close on 31 August 2027.
• The school’s Published Admission Number (PAN) will remain at 240.
• The possibility of a level 2 only offer.
• The possibility of a very limited level 2 & level 3 offer.
• Any other options that may come out of the consultation process.

For further information on the background and rationale to the proposal, please see the consultation document, available under ‘Consultation method’ below.

Consultation and decision-making

The consultation will run from 9.00am on 10 June to midnight on 8 July 2025.

The Trustees of the Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust will meet following the close of the consultation period to consider all responses made to the consultation. A decision will then be made as to whether to apply to the Department for Education’s Regions Group for this ‘significant change’. The Regions Group will make the final decision on the proposal. Consultation responses received will form part of the submission to the DfE Regions Group.

Consultation drop-in session

A drop-in session, open to all those interested in the proposal, will be held on 18th June 2025 in the Octagon Theatre at Okehampton College. You are welcome to drop in anytime from 5-7pm. Trustees will be available to answer questions. We would ask that you inform us of your intention to attend this meeting by emailing: consultation@okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk.

How to respond

Your views are very important to the Trust. Please respond to the consultation by the closing date of midnight on the 8 July 2025.
You can respond either by:

• Emailing: consultation@dmatschools.org.uk Please mark your email ‘Consultation on Post-16.
• Or by post to; Clerk to Governors, Consultation on Sixth Form, Okehampton College, Mill Road, Okehampton, EX20 1PW
  All responses to the consultation will be shared with the DfE’s Regions Group South West to inform them of their decision-making. We will not send individual responses to any specific points made.

A draft Impact Assessment has also been published and is available under ‘Consultation method’ below. The Impact Assessment will be updated as the proposal proceeds to take account of the responses received during the consultation.

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