Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 7 June 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry275 applications · 250 places offered · 251 named it first
- 2026 1.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 1.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 1.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 1.2; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 1.1; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 1.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 1.0; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 1.1; Devon median median 1.4
- 2018 1.2; Devon median median 1.3
- 2017 1.0; Devon median median 1.4
- 2016 1.2; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as Bideford College (URN 113516), the previous school.
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 | 250 | 275 | 1.1 | 251 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 276 | 297 | 1.1 | 267 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 276 | 312 | 1.1 | 276 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 290 | 339 | 1.2 | 312 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2022 | 282 | 314 | 1.1 | 282 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 257 | 286 | 1.1 | 253 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 251 | 262 | 1.0 | 237 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 218 | 240 | 1.1 | 216 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 201 | 233 | 1.2 | 197 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 240 | 242 | 1.0 | 222 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 228 | 264 | 1.2 | 213 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 246 | 258 | 1.1 | 222 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 237 | 257 | 1.1 | 219 | 0.92 |
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.) | 248 | 42.3 | 41% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 45.7 | 50% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 234 | 42.5 | 42% | 65% | −0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 214 | 38.3 | 35% | 57% | −0.55 |
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
- Bideford CollegeThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 9.1 km · DevonRemains Good20221.3applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · DevonGood20232.3applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · DevonStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · DevonGood20231.3applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 22.2 km · Devon20261.1applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 24.6 km · DevonRemains Good20221.2applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 26.9 km · DevonRemains Good · improving20231.5applications per place 53.2Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142540 · 878/4019
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,232 pupils · 1,455 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2016
- Replaced
- Bideford College (URN 113516)
- Address
- Abbotsham Road, Bideford, EX39 3AR
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources