Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Devon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry228 applications · 158 places offered · 196 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.4; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 1.5; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 1.4; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 1.5; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 1.5; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 2.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 1.6; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 1.6; Devon median median 1.4
- 2018 1.6; Devon median median 1.3
- 2017 1.5; Devon median median 1.4
- 2016 1.6; Devon median median 1.5
- 2015 1.5; Devon median median 1.5
- 2014 1.5; Devon median median 1.5
- This school
- Devon median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 158 | 228 | 1.4 | 196 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2025 | 160 | 233 | 1.5 | 210 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2024 | 158 | 214 | 1.4 | 183 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2023 | 155 | 231 | 1.5 | 190 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 153 | 235 | 1.5 | 193 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2021 | 155 | 347 | 2.2 | 291 | 1.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 154 | 239 | 1.6 | 201 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 152 | 239 | 1.6 | 193 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 155 | 241 | 1.6 | 204 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2017 | 150 | 231 | 1.5 | 202 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2016 | 123 | 196 | 1.6 | 156 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 120 | 176 | 1.5 | 139 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2014 | 120 | 175 | 1.5 | 147 | 1.23 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 153 | 78.3 | 99% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 152 | 78.8 | 99% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 150 | 79.8 | 98% | 99% | +0.99 |
| 2022/23 | 153 | 79.7 | 99% | 100% | +0.98 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Colyton Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20221.4applications per place 78.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 8.3 km · DevonGood20231.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · DorsetGood20232.0applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 11.7 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 11.8 km · Devon20261.6applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 18.1 km · SomersetGood20231.2applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 23.0 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.4applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 23.3 km · DevonGood20241.3applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136366 · 878/5400
- Trust
- Colyton Grammar School Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,085 pupils · 1,083 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- Colyton Grammar School (URN 113555)
- Address
- Whitwell Lane, Colyford, Colyton, EX24 6HN
- Local authority
- Devon · East Devon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources