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Ivybridge Community College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Harford Road, Ivybridge PL21 0JA · ivybridge.devon.sch.uk · 01752 691000

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
GCSEs, 2024/25
55.2
average Attainment 8 score. Devon 45.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,262
90% of 2,500 places
Local authority
Devon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15.5%
First language not English
2.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Westcountry Schools Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Devon Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 351 families put the school first and 376 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 393 (Places 407)393September 2023: 420 (Places 415)420September 2024: 341 (Places 353)341September 2025: 297 (Places 336)297September 2026: 351 (Places 376)351Places 376
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20263763510.9100%
September 2025Sept 20253362970.9100%
September 2024Sept 2024353341199%
September 2023Sept 20234154201▲96%
September 2022Sept 2022407393197%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.2, and 71.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Devon it was 45.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (38.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 53.1 (England 46.3)53.12017/18: 50.4 (England 46.5)50.42018/19: 51.1 (England 46.7)51.12021/22: 51.8 (England 48.8)51.82022/23: 48.1 (England 46.3)48.12023/24: 54.7 (England 45.9)54.72024/25: 55.2 (England 46.0)55.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲55.246.0
▲71.6%45.4%
▲85.4%64.8%
▼17.3%40.5%
▲4.744.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form55.9+10.2
Further education31.4−2.3
Other education0.2−1.8
Apprenticeship7−4.3
Employment2.5+0.5
Not in a lasting destination1.2−2.2
Activity not captured1.70

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.8 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 30.6 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 31.7 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 32.6 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 37.4 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.9 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 35.5 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 38.9 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
166 studentsB (38.9)Above average +0.34
169 studentsB (39)Above average +0.34
72 studentsDist (34.5)Above average +0.56
6 studentsDist+ (38.9)Average +0.42
21.6%AAB or better
97.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24171B- (35.5)0.00
2022/23190C+ (33.9)—
2021/22198B- (37.4)—
2018/19179C+ (32.6)+0.03
2017/18205C+ (31.7)-0.03
2016/17170C (30.6)-0.10
2015/16251C (29.8)-0.05

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University38.2−5.6
Further and other education1.5−2.1
Further education1−1.8
Other education0.5−0.3
Apprenticeship6.4−0.4
Employment40.7+6.6
Not in a lasting destination9.8+0.6
Activity not captured3.4+1

Ofsted

Ivybridge Community College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Improved significantly.

Outcome
Improved significantly
Inspected
4 Feb 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2020Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • May 2009Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (92 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
87%
Replies
92
4% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼75% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe●86% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▲82% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▲87% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▼69% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼65% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼65% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼36% agreeEngland 43%

based on 25 parents (27%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼60% agreeEngland 63%

based on 25 parents (27%) with SEND

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