Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in DevonSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry255 applications · 211 places offered · 207 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 1.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 1.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 1.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 1.2; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 1.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2018 1.3; Devon median median 1.3
- 2017 1.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2016 1.1; Devon median median 1.5
- 2015 1.2; Devon median median 1.5
- 2014 1.3; Devon median median 1.5
- This school
- Devon median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 211 | 255 | 1.2 | 207 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 196 | 220 | 1.1 | 189 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 218 | 1.2 | 173 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 200 | 234 | 1.2 | 196 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 211 | 277 | 1.3 | 234 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 215 | 259 | 1.2 | 219 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 217 | 262 | 1.2 | 216 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 190 | 222 | 1.2 | 187 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 202 | 266 | 1.3 | 220 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 229 | 260 | 1.1 | 227 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 225 | 249 | 1.1 | 213 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 203 | 246 | 1.2 | 211 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 201 | 264 | 1.3 | 212 | 1.05 |
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.) | 201 | 51.1 | 54% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 49.6 | 55% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 194 | 48.4 | 53% | 75% | −0.28 |
| 2022/23 | 196 | 50.8 | 59% | 76% | +0.03 |
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
- Kingsbridge AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.2applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 15.3 km · DevonGood20232.0applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · DevonImproved significantly20251.5applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 18.6 km · DevonStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 20.5 km · TorbayGood20222.8applications per place 67.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 21.7 km · TorbayGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 22.5 km · PlymouthRequires improvement20242.3applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 22.5 km · Plymouth20263.0applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 23.2 km · Torbay20261.7applications per place 37.5Attainment 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
- 136367 · 878/4110
- Trust
- Education South West
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,407 pupils · 1,199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- Kingsbridge Community College (URN 113521)
- Address
- Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
- Local authority
- Devon · South Hams
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources