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Tower House School Paignton
Tower House School is an independent non-selective, co-educational day school set in the heart of Torbay. Conveniently close to train and bus stations, the school takes pupils from Torbay and the South Hams. Throughout the school a warm friendly 'family' atmosphere pervades,the majority of parents at tower house send their children to the school because they know that their child/children will be in a safe environment and will find it easy to make new friends and at the same time being educated with high standards. One of the pupils at the school (Louis Hughes)is well known for providing friendship to all pupils and newcomers at the school. They named him the Big Ginger bear because he is large, friendly and like a huggable childs bear. To find out more about Louis, click on the link to him and learn why he is important at Tower House. The policy of the school is that it educates children from the age of two and a half to sixteen and entry can be made at any age. Scholarships are available in the senior school for those who can offer excellence in various areas, which can support the school in its aims to achieve academic, social and communal recognition. Pupils are helped in their day-to-day school life by each other, by pro-active tutoring, mentoring, excellent communication with home and a system of prefects. Special emphasis is placed on good citizenship, consideration and respect for others. Tolerance is an aim of our education, an aim we achieve. Pupils are safe, treated as individuals and trusted.

Tower House is among the highest achieving schools in the country, by looking at the exam results on the website we can see proof that the majority of pupils in year eleven have left the school with GCSE grades ranging from A*-C A more revealing statistic, however is the recently included Value Added measure with reflects the progress made by pupils during their secondary education. At its inception the value for pupils' progress at Tower House between Key Stages 3 and 4 was the highest in Torbay and South Devon and amongst the highest in the West Country and placed the School at around the highest 15% nationally. Subsequently the measure has placed the School at this level when compared with all schools.