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Shebbear College
  • Shebbear College
    Shebbear
    Beaworthy
    Devon
    EX21 5HJ
  • Head: Mr Charlie Jenkins
  • T 01409 282009
  • F 01409 281784
  • E [email protected]
  • W www.shebbearcollege.co.uk
  • An independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 18.
  • Read about the best schools in Devon
  • Boarding: Yes
  • Local authority: Devon
  • Pupils: 260; sixth formers: 35
  • Religion: Christian/non-denominational
  • Fees: £6,975 - £16,620; Boarding £23,970 - £35,850 pa (last updated on 09/05/2024)
  • Open days: September
  • Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
  • Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report

What says..

When we visited, a year 9 and 10 drama class was improvising; they were given a word – heaven – and had 10 minutes to come up with their own mini-play. Shebbear is brilliant at finding ‘the niche, the gem of individual children’ and helping to build their confidence, said a parent who had no idea about her son’s thespian talents until she saw him starring in the school musical. Another told us her son wasn’t into drama but the school got him to compere a show instead...

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What The Good Schools Guide says

Head

Since 2022, Charlie Jenkins BA PGCE, previously senior deputy head. Educated at Bedford School on a bursary – ‘it was reviewed every year so I had to make sure I kept my nose to the grindstone,’ he says. ‘I couldn’t have gone there without it.’ After a year in Australia as a teaching assistant he read geography at the University of Exeter, followed by a PGCE at Cambridge. His first teaching post, apart from a couple of placements in Exeter schools, was at Pangbourne College, where he progressed from geography teacher to head of geography and assistant boarding housemaster. He moved to LVS Ascot as assistant head, then deputy head academic.

He reckons that the strength of Shebbear is the fact that ‘it can do something for everyone. We get to...

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