Treviglas College is a secondary school in Newquay

Newquay

Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately west of Bodmin and north of Truro....

, Cornwall

Cornwall

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, England

England

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, United Kingdom

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. It has a sixth form for boys and girls. The age range of the pupils is 11-18.

Sometimes titled Treviglas Community College, it is a specialist Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...

 with just under 1,200 students. This includes around 200 in the sixth form. The college attracts students from 13 primary schools spread over a wide area, including the town of Newquay and surrounding rural communities.

Music

Since March 2007, Treviglas has played host to music concerts from bands who are from the school to a paying crowd and give all money to charity. These events are known as "Rock For Charity". The concert idea was created by Sam Skinner, Justin Chapman and James Gormley. These concerts have raised £2000 for charity. The idea was then passed onto students Marvin Byrne and Shey Rainbow who continue to organise these events and raise money for charity.

Sport

The school has a football and a rugby team. The Treviglas Players (the Year 11 boys badminton team, previously named the Wildcats) came joint third in their recent tournament against other Cornish schools with Penrice

Penrice Community College

Penrice Community College is an age 11-16 state school and specialist Language College in St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Almost 1300 pupils-History:...

 coming first.

Notable pupils

• James Morrison
  James Morrison (singer)
  James Morrison is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the...
  
   the pop singer.
• Gerry Cawley
  Gerry Cawley
  Gerry Cawley originally from St Mawgan in Cornwall, is the current Heavyweight Cornish Wrestling Champion.In 2007, Cawley won the Cornish Heavyweight Wrestling Championship at Helston, as part of the Harvest Fair festivities...
  
  , (Wrassler) the Cornish Wrestling
  Cornish wrestling
  Cornish wrestling is a form of wrestling which has been established in Cornwall, an area of southwest Britain for several centuries. The referee is known as a 'stickler', and it is claimed that the popular meaning of the word as a 'pedant' originates from this usage...
  
   Champion.
• Jamie Lowry
  Jamie Lowry
  Jamie Lowry is a professional English footballer, currently playing for Chesterfield in the English League Two. He can play the fiddle in many positions, though most commonly as a right-back or right-sided midfielder. Towards the end of Lee Richardson's reign as manager, Lowry was deployed in a...
  
  , Professional footballer (Chesterfield FC)
• Scot Bennett
  Scot Bennett
  Scot Andrew Bennett is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Exeter City in League One.Bennett made his professional debut for Exeter City, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute, at home to Swindon in a 1-0 victory in League One on the 29th of March, 2011.Bennett scored his...
  
  , Professional footballer (Exeter FC)

External links

• School website
• Treviglas on the BBC Education page
• Ofsted
  Ofsted
  The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
  
  - report for Treviglas Community College