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Established
  
1957

DfE number
  
908/4153

Address
  
Wadebridge PL27 6BU, UK

Number of students
  
1,235

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Headteacher
  
Tina Yardley

Type
  
DfE URN
  
138024 Tables

Phone
  
+44 1208 812881

Founded
  
1957

Staff
  
65

Wadebridge School

Location
  
Gonvena HillWadebridgeCornwallPL27 6BUU.K.

Ofsted
  
Reports Pre-academy reports

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Wadebridge School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the town of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England. It has 1,235 pupils. The headteacher is Tina Yardley.

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In 2004, the school gained specialist business and enterprise college status, and the school converted to academy status in April 2012.

Facilities include a shop, gymnasium, tennis courts, football/rugby pitch, hockey pitch, basketball court, a squash court and heated swimming pool (part of Wadebridge Leisure Centre).

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2006 A-Level results

In 2006 the school came in second place behind Truro High School in the league tables for the average A-level points score per student in Cornwall. This meant that Wadebridge school beat the independent and selective Truro School into third place, a feat that was achieved again in 2008.

Notable former pupils

  • Olly Barkley, England rugby international
  • Michaela Breeze, weightlifting Commonwealth champion
  • Jago, children's book illustrator
  • Calum Jarvis, swimming Commonwealth bronze medallist
  • Tristan Stephenson, mixologist and bartender
  • Annabel Vernon, World Champion GB rower
  • References

    Wadebridge School Wikipedia