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The students who took part in the Year 9 trip to Belgium and France were superb ambassadors for Clyst Vale Community College. Miss Brotherton, Mr Brookes, Miss Jenkins and Mrs Padden were complimented on the students’ perfect behaviour by many people, including our coach driver and the British Legion staff at the Menin Gate. We were able to lay a […]
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Amidst the excitement of a new term, new timetable and new teachers, I hope that students have mentioned a fourth “T”, for toilets……The photos show what the newly refurbished toilets in the Giraffe House look like. I’m sure you will agree that they are a vast improvement on what went before, for example the original 1959 flooring. We were only […]
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I am immensely proud of our students today. They have demonstrated great commitment and hard work at a difficult time when GCSE syllabuses have been changing, exams have almost doubled in number and everybody except the government recognises that they have become too hard, especially for lower-attaining students, and are contributing in some extent to the mental health crisis facing […]
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It’s been a very good day here, with ALL students getting into their top choices of university or moving into employment or training. We’re really proud of them all; several students have overcome real trauma in their lives or mental health issues but have done really well and are able to move forward with renewed confidence. Our most able students […]
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A photo of our intrepid Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Expedition team, who are making excellent progress !
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It’s always a great pleasure to hear how well students are doing after they’ve left Clyst Vale so I was really pleased to hear from Zoe Targett who’s had her first novel ‘Unbound: A Siren’s Quest for Freedom’ published this year. It is a fantasy story aimed at young adults. Zoe attended Clyst Vale and left in 2002 after her […]
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Jennifer Lewis, Former ClystVale student wins gold award from Lancaster University. Jennifer has won a scholarship from Lancaster University to study for an MA in Cyber Security and Terrorism Law at Lancaster University”
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On Thursday and Friday last week, we had a collection for ‘Open Hearts, Open Borders’, a local charity collecting for refugee camps in Greece and France. The support we had was amazing and we would like to thank each and every one of you for being so generous with your donations. The van was packed as we sent it away […]
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We were delighted to receive this photo of Joey Reiness (left) and Tom Chudley, following the award of their Masters’ degrees from Downing College, Cambridge. Although they left our Sixth Form in 2011 they have kept in close touch with Mrs Padden, so we have been well aware of their progress, and remain very proud of all their achievments. Dr […]
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On 6th June 2019 we decided to mark the 75th Anniversary of the D Day landings by remembering Mr Arthur Jorden. Mr Jorden had many links with Broadclyst. His uncle, Mr Newman, was the curator of Markers Cottage Broadclyst for a number of years. Mr Jordan was 18 years old on D Day. He was in the RAF and went […]
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