Exmouth Community College Celebrates Joining the Ted Wragg Trust Family

Exmouth Community College (ECC) has formally joined the Ted Wragg Trust (TWT) family of schools this week, marking a significant moment in the Colleges’ journey. ECC will be joining schools in Exeter, East Devon, Crediton and Plymouth as part of the Trust that now serves over 15,500 students within Devon. 

With a vision to enable their students to flourish through the core values of Belonging, Ambition and Responsibility, the college delivers a rich educational curriculum to develop their students’ academic skills, as well as experiences to help them grow and prepare them for the world of work. 

The college has been working closely with the Devon based trust for some time including all staff taking part in the Trust’s annual Investment Week in November 2024, which saw 1,800 attendees from across the Trust come together for training and development with over 11,000 hours of CPD completed across the week.  

Colleagues have also begun to join professional networks from subject level networks to Coaching Networks to a Senior Mental Health Leads Network and most recently collaborated on marking Children’s Mental Health Week by delivering a themed assembly, personal development sessions focused on mindfulness and a Wellbeing Fayre. 

Last year, ECC’s governing body voted unanimously to become part of the Ted Wragg Trust following thorough exploration and community consultation. The School Leadership Team are confident that the Trust’s values-based vision for education aligns closely with the school’s own principles, and that joining will offer a wide range of benefits and opportunities for the school. 

The TWT is an ambitious and inclusive trust of schools which aims to strengthen communities through excellent education. Since being established in 2013, they have grown to 18 schools located in Plymouth, Exeter, Crediton and East Devon. Schools joining the trust have seen consistent improvements in exam results and Ofsted ratings. 

 The CEO of the Trust, Moira Marder, was awarded an OBE last year for her outstanding services to education. She has been the CEO of the Trust since it was established out of a desire to find local solutions for Devon schools. She believes passionately in the benefit of local schools working together to be the best they can be so that any child can attend their local school and receive an excellent education.  

 Tom Inman, Headteacher at Exmouth Community College said:  

“ We are completely committed to serving our wonderful local community by giving our families a really strong Secondary school. We are delighted to be joining the Ted Wragg Trust because we know it will provide the expertise, support and resources to enable us to do that. With neighbouring schools already part of the Ted Wragg Trust family, this was a natural step for ECC and we are really excited about what the future will bring.” 

Moira Marder, CEO of the Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust said:  

“We are delighted to welcome everyone at Exmouth Community College to our Ted Wragg Trust family of schools. Exmouth is a school deeply rooted in its community and I am really excited by our partnership being formalised. Everyone at the Trust looks forward to supporting Tom and his team to deliver their vision for the school. We hope students, families and staff will see the benefits of being part of a larger group of schools and we look forward to helping the staff achieve their goals so that students can achieve their dreams.”