Ivybridge Community College is a state-funded secondary school in Ivybridge, Devon, England. It is the second-largest secondary school in Devon. Since 2010, Rob Haring has been the principal. It was awarded a sports specialism in 1997, a specialism in science in 2004 and a third specialism in languages in 2005. It is on the southern slopes of Dartmoor, taking students from the surrounding 100 square miles (260 km2) of the South Hams, from 14 contributory primary schools. It is large by English standards, with over 2,200 pupils, few of whom are from ethnic minorities and 14% of whom are registered special educational needs pupils. The school has a partnership with Yothinburana School in Bangkok, Thailand.
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