Most children come to the College from one of ten local primary schools. There are close links through the Academic Councils, between all ten schools and increasingly, teachers are working together to ensure genuine continuity of learning throughout the years of compulsory education. Equally, good links exist with the main further education providers and the majority of our students go on to courses in one of these establishments.

Recognition of the importance of the whole area caused governors in 1992 to change the title from Chulmleigh Community College to The Community College, Chulmleigh. This title, quite correctly, suggests that we are much more than an 11-16 secondary school. We provide a wide variety of adult education courses and trained support for activities, groups and individual., within our catchment area through our Community Education Programme.

The Community College, Chulmleigh is committed to promoting learning. This is the purpose that unifies all our work at the College. We are interested in learning in the very widest sense of the word. Our view of learning includes all those aspects of personal development that lead to maturity - intellectual curiosity, social skilfulness, sporting excellence and aesthetic awareness. Learning can be demanding. It is sometimes fun, often routine, always exhilarating, sometimes exasperating and occasionally inspirational. Whatever its guise or difficulty, we aim to help our students enjoy learning and to learn how to learn.
Above all we value, recognise and celebrate the efforts and achievements of all of our students Regardless of their natural abilities.