Graded inspection · Jan 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry374 applications · 167 places offered · 218 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 2.5; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 2.5; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 2.4; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 2.2; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 2.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 1.8; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 2.0; Devon median median 1.4
- 2018 1.9; Devon median median 1.3
- 2017 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
- 2016 2.0; Devon median median 1.5
- 2015 2.1; Devon median median 1.5
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 167 | 374 | 2.2 | 218 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2025 | 165 | 407 | 2.5 | 235 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2024 | 158 | 392 | 2.5 | 193 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2023 | 168 | 399 | 2.4 | 230 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2022 | 168 | 371 | 2.2 | 217 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2021 | 166 | 346 | 2.1 | 188 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 | 176 | 321 | 1.8 | 174 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 177 | 349 | 2.0 | 213 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 178 | 329 | 1.9 | 207 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 | 169 | 316 | 1.9 | 202 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 179 | 362 | 2.0 | 216 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 | 180 | 369 | 2.1 | 215 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2014 | 177 | 346 | 2.0 | 187 | 1.06 |
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.) | 180 | 50.6 | 51% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 178 | 51.9 | 56% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 174 | 53.1 | 56% | 76% | +0.34 |
| 2022/23 | 181 | 52.7 | 61% | 80% | +0.31 |
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
- The King's SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · Devon20261.6applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · DevonGood20241.3applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · DevonGood20221.9applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · DevonGood20221.4applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · DevonGood20242.1applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 13.9 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · DevonRemains Good20231.9applications per place 49.2Attainment 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
- 136673 · 878/4005
- Trust
- The King's School Ottery St Mary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 1,097 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- The King's School (URN 113500)
- Address
- Cadhay Lane, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RA
- Local authority
- Devon · East Devon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources