Southway Community College

Southway Community College
Location
Rockfield Avenue

Plymouth
,
Devon
,
PL6 6DY
Coordinates50°25′43″N 4°07′59″W / 50.428506°N 4.132969°W / 50.428506; -4.132969
Information
TypeComprehensive school
Established1962
Closed2001
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18

Southway Community College was a comprehensive school for ages 11–18 in Southway, Plymouth, England. It was opened in 1962 as Southway Comprehensive School, becoming a community college offering additional adult education in 1994. Its feeder primary schools included Langley Junior School, Mary Dean's CE Primary School, Southway Primary School and Tamerton Vale Primary School. The school closed in July 2001, largely as a result of falling student numbers. This was a decision that was opposed by many students, teachers and parents. It later became the site of Beechwood Primary School. In 1993, four students from the school were killed in a kayaking accident during a school trip to an adventure centre in Lyme Regis, Dorset.