Graded inspection · Feb 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 |
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 entry305 applications · 175 places offered · 154 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 1.7; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 1.7; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 2.0; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 1.5; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
- 2018 1.8; Devon median median 1.3
- 2017 1.6; Devon median median 1.4
- 2016 1.8; Devon median median 1.5
- 2015 1.8; Devon median median 1.5
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 175 | 305 | 1.7 | 154 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 196 | 325 | 1.7 | 185 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 201 | 376 | 1.9 | 183 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 191 | 329 | 1.7 | 141 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2022 | 162 | 328 | 2.0 | 128 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 167 | 310 | 1.9 | 92 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2020 | 204 | 312 | 1.5 | 162 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 282 | 1.9 | 131 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 170 | 308 | 1.8 | 153 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 197 | 310 | 1.6 | 177 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 196 | 356 | 1.8 | 183 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 146 | 258 | 1.8 | 140 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 135 | 234 | 1.7 | 125 | 0.93 |
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.) | 141 | 46.0 | 46% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 166 | 46.8 | 49% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 112 | 43.8 | 38% | 65% | −0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 145 | 42.0 | 32% | 60% | −0.20 |
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
- Coombeshead AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Devon202624.5Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · DevonGood20221.6applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · Torbay20261.8applications per place 70.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 8.0 km · TorbayOutstanding20231.8applications per place 68.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 8.2 km · TorbayStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · TorbayGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 42.1Attainment 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
- 137176 · 878/4112
- Trust
- Education South West
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,440 pupils · 870 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Coombeshead College (URN 113522)
- Address
- Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
- Local authority
- Devon · Teignbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources