Education
Coombeshead Academy is a comprehensive school, located on Coombeshead Road. The school is a Trust School and a specialist media and arts college. The school educates around 1442 students, aged between 11 to 18.
Newton Abbot College is a comprehensive school, located on Old Exeter Road, that was established on 1 September 2008 by the renaming of Knowles Hill School. The school, a specialist Technology College, educates around 1,200 pupils, aged 11 to18.
Primary schools include Decoy Primary School which has around 445 pupils and has been awarded the Becta ICT Mark, Eco and Healthy School awards, the Devon Active Schools award and a platinum award for its travel plan.
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