Editing Bodmin (section)

==Education==
There are no [[independent schools]] in the area.

===Primary schools===
Beacon ACE Academy opened as a [[primary school]] for pupils aged between 3–11 in September 2017, following the merger of Beacon Infant and Nursery School and Robartes Junior School. Beacon ACE Academy is part of Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust and is rated Good by [[Ofsted]]. The school offers places for 420 pupils as well as 30 places within its Nursery and 10 places within its Area Resource Base for pupils with [[Special Educational Needs]].

[[Saint Petroc|St Petroc]]'s [[voluntary aided]] [[Church of England]] Primary School, Athelstan Park, Bodmin, was given this title in September 1990 after the [[wiktionary:amalgamation|amalgamation]] of St. Petroc's [[Infant School]] and St. Petroc's Junior School. St. Petroc's is a large school with some 440 pupils between the ages of four and 11. Eight of its fourteen governors are nominated by the [[Diocese of Truro]] or the [[Parochial church council|Parochial Church Council]] of St. Petroc's, Bodmin. It is currently rated as "Requires Improvement" by [[Ofsted]].

There are a further two [[primary school]]s within Bodmin; Berrycoombe School in the northwest corner of the town, and [[Saint Mary|St. Mary]]'s [[Catholic school|Catholic Primary School]].

===Bodmin College===
[[Bodmin College]] is a large [[Comprehensive school|state comprehensive]] school for ages 11–18 on the outskirts of the town. The college is home to Bodmin College Jazz Orchestra.{{clarify|date=October 2024}} In 1997, Systems & Control students at Bodmin College constructed [[Roadblock (robot)|Roadblock]], a [[robot]] which entered and won the first series of ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'' and was succeeded by "[[List of Robot Wars robots#The First Wars|The Beast of Bodmin]]." The school also has one of the largest sixth forms in the county.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

===Callywith College===
[[Callywith College]] is a [[further education]] college in Bodmin that opened in September 2017.<ref>[http://www.westbriton.co.uk/truro-penwith-college-s-planned-new-bodmin-campus/story-27846919-detail/story.html] {{Dead link|date=June 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>[http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/controversial-college-cornwall-bodmin-gets-ahead/story-28386123-detail/story.html] {{Dead link|date=June 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> A new-build college on a site close to the Asda supermarket, it will eventually cater for 1,280 students, with 197 staff employed. A total of 660 places were available in its first year.<ref>[http://www.westbriton.co.uk/the-first-students-have-applied-to-enrol-at-new-truro-college-campus-in-bodmin-which-opens-next-year/story-29732479-detail/story.html] {{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> It is being created with the assistance of [[Truro and Penwith College]] to serve students aged 16–19 from Bodmin, North Cornwall and East Cornwall. It received the go-ahead in February 2016, funded as a [[Free school (England)|Free School]].<ref name="www.gov.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/games-workshop-founder-and-entrepreneur-to-open-2-free-schools|title=Games Workshop founder and entrepreneur to open 2 free schools|website=Gov.uk|access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cornwalllive.com/college-awards-pound-25m-contract/story-28561730-detail/story.html] {{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

===Army School of Education===
Aspiring National Service Sergeant Instructors of the [[Royal Army Education Corps]] underwent training at the Army School of Education, situated at the end of the [[Second World War]] at [[Buchanan Castle]], [[Drymen]] in Scotland,<ref>"Illiterate Recruits" in ''The Times'' (London) (23 August 1947).</ref> and later, from 1948, at the Walker Lines, Bodmin,<ref>Colin Day, ''National Service with the RAEC in Cornwall Part 1'', at http://www.colindaylinks.com/dayspast/raec49.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225195101/http://www.colindaylinks.com/dayspast/raec49.html |date=25 December 2019 }} (accessed 7 December 2010).</ref> until it moved to [[Wilton Park Estate|Wilton Park, Beaconsfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/w/wilton_park/ |title=Wilton Park|publisher=Subterranea Britannica|accessdate=28 November 2014}}</ref>