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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 27 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 27 March 2019Graded inspection: Good · as Dawlish College, URN 113518
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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 entry168 applications · 129 places offered · 122 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 1.3; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 1.4; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 1.4; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Devon median median 1.3
- 2021 1.3; Devon median median 1.4
- 2020 1.4; Devon median median 1.3
- 2019 1.0; Devon median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Devon median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.1; Devon median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as Dawlish College (URN 113518), 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 | 129 | 168 | 1.3 | 122 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 125 | 160 | 1.3 | 122 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 147 | 204 | 1.4 | 145 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 169 | 235 | 1.4 | 166 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 171 | 215 | 1.3 | 172 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 144 | 181 | 1.3 | 131 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 110 | 148 | 1.4 | 102 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 143 | 144 | 1.0 | 100 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2018 * | 71 | 92 | 1.3 | 62 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 * | 155 | 169 | 1.1 | 127 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 * | 116 | 155 | 1.3 | 114 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 129 | 167 | 1.3 | 122 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 140 | 182 | 1.3 | 134 | 0.96 |
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.) | 156 | 39.1 | 28% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 112 | 38.9 | 25% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 118 | 40.6 | 25% | 53% | −0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 84 | 39.3 | 27% | 51% | −0.21 |
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
- Dawlish CollegeThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.3applications per place 39.1Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · DevonRequires improvement20241.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · DevonGood20221.6applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Devon202624.5Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · TorbayGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 12.4 km · Devon20262.8applications per place
- 12.4 km · DevonGood20231.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147643 · 878/4101
- Trust
- Ivy Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 782 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2019
- Replaced
- Dawlish College (URN 113518)
- Address
- Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, EX7 0BY
- Local authority
- Devon · Teignbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources