Dawlish College

13/11/2026

Important update: Global Microsoft outage
You may have seen reports of a global Microsoft outage affecting services including Outlook and Teams.
We currently consider Dawlish College safe to open and operate as normal. Our school telephone systems and Arbor communications are working, so we are still able to keep in touch with families.
However, email is currently unreliable. Please do not rely on emails sent to or from school today, as they may not be received or read.
Please check your Arbor app regularly for updates from school. Our phone lines remain unavailable for emergencies and essential queries, but we would ask families to avoid calling unless absolutely necessary so that we can keep lines free for urgent matters.
We will share further updates through Arbor as the situation develops.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. It's a good opportunity for us all to put one of our Dawlish College values into practice: We Work Together!

11/11/2026

Closing date: 9:00am, Fri 13th Nov, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

09/11/2026

26/10/2026

📣 We're hiring! 📣

Closing date: 9:00am, Mon 9th Nov, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

26/10/2026

📣 We're hiring! 📣

Closing date: 9:00am, Fri 13th Nov, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

23/10/2026

Our Book Fair starts after half term! Many of the books are at reduced price and we will also have a range of stationary, starting from 50p.

We understand that we may be one of the only secondary schools still doing Book Fairs in Devon and would be so grateful for any support you can offer! The more books and stationary we sell the more commission we make to buy books for our library. If you would like the details of the books in the Fair please email [email protected] – Thank you.

23/10/2026

It has been a quite a fun filled week with almost 500 students dancing away at our attendance reward silent disco, a house cake sale to beat all bake sales, a wellbeing evening filled with visitors from our local community, our college rabbit and finally a non uniform day to end the week!!!

22/10/2026

Art and photography trip to the Eden project.

Recently, Year 10 Art and Photography students from Dawlish College and Teignmouth Community School - Exeter Road enjoyed a brilliant collaborative trip to the Eden Project in Cornwall.

The cross-trust visit gave students the perfect opportunity to work with primary sources, drawing and photographing diverse natural forms to support their curriculum projects. Together, they explored the enormous indoor Rainforest Biome—journeying through the humid tropics from Southeast Asia and West Africa to South America—before immersing themselves in the sights and scents of the Mediterranean, California, South Africa, and Western Australia. The day concluded with a walk through the outdoor gardens, beautifully reclaimed from a former clay mine.

It was an excellent experience for everyone involved, offering a fantastic opportunity for the students to collaborate and for staff to continue developing and planning as a cohesive team across both schools. Thank you to the Eden Project for having us, we will be there next year.

21/10/2026

Last week, 13 talented students from Years 9, 10, and 11 stepped into the kitchen to showcase their culinary talents—and they certainly delivered!

Our guest judges were blown away by the exceptional standard of cooking, declaring it the best quality they have ever seen at this event. Every single student showed incredible focus, creativity, and professional skill under pressure.

A massive congratulations to Thomas, who took home 1st place with his spag bowl and chocolate fondant! Thomas will now move on to represent us in the 2nd round of the competition—we wish him the best of luck! 🥇✨

Huge congratulations also go to our joint 2nd place winners: Joni, Frank, and Peggy-Mae! 🥈👏

Well done to all 13 competitors for taking on this amazing opportunity and making our school and community proud. The future of food is looking extraordinarily bright! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳