User:Dblight/Eggbuckland community college

Eggbuckland Community College opened in 1979 in a pleasant, residential area on the outskirts of north-east Plymouth. Eggbuckland became a Specialist Technology College in 1996 and is now in it's 4th phase. The College has a national reputation for innovative practice in both ICT and Student Leadership, and this was highlighted in a recent OfSTED inspection.

ICT is extremely well-embedded: all staff have laptops, some classes are taught as ‘laptop groups’ and interactive whiteboards and multi-media projectors are widely used. BECTA has described Eggbuckland's students as the most e-confident learners in the country, one of the College's teachers won the ICT Teacher of the Year Award in 2003, and the College recently won the SSAT Award for the most innovative use of ICT in communications between the College and the wider community.

The College prides itself on its ‘learning caring achieving’ ethos: teaching is of a very high standard and styles are varied and diverse; pastoral structures are strong to maximise inclusion and students are offered a wealth of extra-curricular opportunities to help the development of their all-important key skills. This is greatly facilitated by an extensive Community Learning programme.