King Edward VI Community College
| Motto | Our children are at the centre of all we do. |
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| Type | Comprehensive school |
 King Edward VI Community College
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| Location |
Ashburton Road Totnes Devon TQ9 5JX England  50°26′17″N 3°41′46″W / 50.438°N 3.696°WCoordinates: 50°26′17″N 3°41′46″W / 50.438°N 3.696°W |
| Local authority | Devon |
| DfE URN | 113520 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1784 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | KEVICC |
King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) is a state comprehensive school in Totnes, Devon, England. It is located in the Dart Valley on the A385 Ashburton Road and serves Totnes and the surrounding area. It has a large campus with 1,700 students, 400 of whom are at the Kennicott Sixth Form centre adjoining the main site.
The school was founded in 1966 as the King Edward VI Comprehensive School on the sites of both the former Redworth Secondary Modern and its neighbour, the Totnes High School for Girls. The new comprehensive school was named after a former boys grammar school, the King Edward VI Grammar School, although the grammar school had been located on a different site ("The Mansion House" on Fore Street) .7
The school currently has four houses: Babbage, Davis, Gyles, and Scott.
These took over from the previous 4 school house system of Rea, Smythe, Jeffrey and Scott in 2001. Snape was phased out of the houses before 2016.
In 2003, the governors of the school abolished the school uniform policy. Kate Mason, the principal, stated that the administration believed that too much teaching time was spent on correcting dress code violations. She also believed that insisting on uniforms while also praising diversity is sending mixed messages.
The school reintroduced a school uniform in 2012, having abolished any uniform for pupils in 2003. A consultation found that the majority were in favour of a uniform. Students protested, and some were punished for what the school described as truancy, leading to concerns from some parents that communication with the school had broken down. The head teacher was quoted as saying that students who refused to wear the new uniform could be expelled.
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