Bideford College
Contact details
Address
Telephone
01237-477611
Fax
01237-429599
Principal
Dr Claire Ankers
SENCO
Rachel Vowles
Email
Website
Location
School details
DfE number
878/4019
School type
School sector
Type of school
Academy School
Local learning community
District
Age range
11-18
Performance
Trust details
This school is part of Athena Learning Trust
Other schools in this trust
Admissions details
Contact
Selina Cloutman
Feeder school(s)
- Appledore School
- East-The-Water Community Primary School
- Hartland Primary School
- Instow Community Primary and Pre-School
- Parkham Primary School
- St Helen's Church of England School
- St Margaret's Church of England (Aided) Junior School
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bideford
- West Croft School
- Woolsery Primary School
Number on roll
January 2023
1271 and 159 in sixth form
January 2022
1380
Places offered for admission in
September 2023
300
September 2022
300
Appeals for admission in
September 2023
0
September 2022
0
Published Admission Number
2024-25
300 in year 7, 30 in year 12
2023-24
300 in year 7, 30 in year 12
Document(s)
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Oversubscription Criteria 2023-24 Please refer to the full policy for definitions.
- Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Priority will next be given to children of members of staff who have been employed at this school for more than two years or recruited within the past two years to fill a vacancy for which there was a skills shortage.Â
- Priority will next be given to children based on their exceptional medical or social needs or those of their parents.
- Priority will next be given to children living within the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area.
- Priority will next be given to children living outside the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living outside the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to other children.
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Oversubscription Criteria 2024-25 Please refer to the full policy for definitions.
- Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Priority will next be given to children of members of staff who have been employed at this school for more than two years or recruited within the past two years to fill a vacancy for which there was a skills shortage.Â
- Priority will next be given to children based on their exceptional medical or social needs or those of their parents.
- Priority will next be given to children living within the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area.
- Priority will next be given to children living outside the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living outside the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to other children.
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Admissions notes There is a separate admissions policy for entry to sixth form. The PAN relates to students who wish to transfer into Year 12. Pupils in Year 11 do not have to make a formal application to stay on in Year 12 but do have to meet the same academic criteria to access courses as external students.
Priority for children at a feeder school applies only during the normal round of admissions, before the start of September in new Year 7. It no longer applies for the 2018-19 academic year. Priority for children at a feeder school applies only during the normal round of admissions, before the start of September in new Year 7.
Term dates
Key:
Autumn term
Spring term
Summer term
Non pupil days
Holidays / Bank holidays
Weekend
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2022 / 2023 Academic Year
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