Year 11 pupils at the College enjoyed a further year of examination success.  The overall outcomes for pupils in Year 11 were in line with the outcomes of the previous year, which placed our school within the top 3% of schools nationally for achievement...

Hanging from the walls and standing on plinths at The Burton Gallery in Bideford are hundreds of pieces of beautiful art works from all around our county, including work submitted from primary and secondary schools from Key Stages 1, 2, 3, GCSE and A Level work.

Our Year 10 GCSE Drama pupils have spent many weeks creating their version of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream as part of the Shakespeare in Schools Festival. Pupils were thrilled to have the opportunity to demonstrate the culmination of all their hard work when they stepped on to the stage at the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter to perform in front of an audience of approximately 500 people. 

On Monday 27 January, Miss Oldham and Mrs Payne took 14 pupils from Chulmleigh College to represent our school community at this year’s annual Holocaust Memorial Day. This year, it commemorated 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. We started the day at the beautiful Exeter Cathedral with a welcome from the Dean and speeches from pupils in Devon. We also heard from Chaz Singh who told us about the Sikh Princess who helped Jewish families to escape Nazi Germany. After a short walk, we went to the Southernhay United Reformed Church where we heard a fascinating talk from Stewart Raine who told the story of his friend called Otto Deutsch who was a Kindertransport Child. We all listened in awe of his experience being evacuated from Vienna in Austria. After a quick lunch in the church, we had time to revisit the Cathedral before going to the Jewish Synagogue. There we heard from the Rabbi who talked us through some of the key features of the synagogue and pupils had the chance to go up and see the Torah.

We recently welcomed BBC Spotlight to Chulmleigh College to interview pupils benefiting from the mentoring scheme. This scheme is a partnership between the College and members of St Mary Magdalene Church in Chulmleigh, providing week-by-week support to pupils. Pupils were interviewed about what the scheme means to them and the positive impact it is having upon their day to day lives, helping them to build both confidence and resilience.

The report can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/mur4vv85

On Monday 11^th November 2024, Chulmleigh College came together to mark Remembrance Day. Staff and pupils assembled outside to observe a two minute silence, as we always do.

This year is particularly poignant as The Trust has recently been asked to be custodian of George Joce’s First World War medal. Scores of men were killed during that war, from this area. George was a dairyman and was part of a well known family from Chulmleigh. His death is poignant particularly because he lost his life on 11th November 1918.

The First World War ended 106 years ago, but it and other wars are still relevant today.

Thank you to Harry Lewis and Mr Miners for playing the last post so beautifully, and to Head Boy, Harrison Jordan, and Head Girl, Francesca Trimming, for reading the poem 'Last Post' by Carol Ann Duffy, so eloquently. We thought this poem was particularly appropriate this year. It was written to remember the generation of men who fought in World War 1 because even the survivors of the war are gone.