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 |
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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 entry55 applications · 24 places offered · 22 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 2.3; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 1.8; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 1.7; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 1.6; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 1.5; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 1.7; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 1.8; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 1.8; Devon median median 1.4
- 2018 1.4; Devon median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Devon median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as Atlantic Academy (URN 139816), 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 | 24 | 55 | 2.3 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 33 | 59 | 1.8 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 44 | 73 | 1.7 | 42 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 38 | 62 | 1.6 | 32 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 47 | 70 | 1.5 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 48 | 1.7 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 40 | 70 | 1.8 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 53 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 46 | 63 | 1.4 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 41 | 56 | 1.4 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 20 | 45 | 2.3 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 38 | 55 | 1.5 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 55 | 88 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.98 |
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.) | 45 | 47.8 | 58% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 50 | 42.1 | 42% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 55 | 35.5 | 29% | 49% | −0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 50 | 43.6 | 46% | 62% | −0.13 |
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
- Atlantic AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.3applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · Devon20261.1applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 14.9 km · DevonRemains Good20221.3applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 18.8 km · DevonStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 18.8 km · DevonRemains Good20221.2applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 22.0 km · CornwallGood20241.3applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 22.5 km · DevonGood20231.3applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 22.7 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 29.5 km · Devon20261.1applications per place 50.7Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 146567 · 878/4024
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 242 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2018
- Replaced
- Atlantic Academy (URN 139816)
- Address
- Bucks Cross, Bideford, EX39 5DW
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources