Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in DevonSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 5 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Sidmouth College, URN 113503
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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 entry194 applications · 122 places offered · 106 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Devon median median 1.4
- 2025 1.8; Devon median median 1.4
- 2024 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
- 2023 1.9; Devon median median 1.4
- 2022 1.8; Devon median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; Devon median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Devon median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; Devon median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Devon median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Devon median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as Sidmouth College (URN 113503), 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 | 122 | 194 | 1.6 | 106 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 139 | 252 | 1.8 | 132 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 144 | 270 | 1.9 | 140 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 140 | 265 | 1.9 | 148 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 * | 142 | 256 | 1.8 | 152 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 * | 142 | 238 | 1.7 | 129 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 147 | 276 | 1.9 | 169 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2019 * | 145 | 227 | 1.6 | 126 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 * | 121 | 183 | 1.5 | 93 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2017 * | 139 | 187 | 1.4 | 109 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 * | 134 | 208 | 1.6 | 117 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 * | 111 | 201 | 1.8 | 93 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2014 * | 127 | 211 | 1.7 | 113 | 0.89 |
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.) | 144 | 46.0 | 49% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 142 | 45.9 | 55% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 150 | 44.9 | 44% | 66% | −0.24 |
| 2022/23 * | 150 | 44.7 | 37% | 57% | 0.00 |
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
- Sidmouth CollegeThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 11.8 km · DevonOutstanding20221.4applications per place 78.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.0 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · DevonGood20241.3applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 14.5 km · DevonRequires improvement20241.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · DevonGood20221.9applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 17.8 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 17.8 km · DevonGood20242.1applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149602 · 878/4011
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 825 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2023
- Replaced
- Sidmouth College (URN 113503)
- Address
- Primley Road, Sidmouth, EX10 9LG
- Local authority
- Devon · East Devon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources