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Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Exeter Road, Teignmouth TQ14 9HZ · teignmouthsecondary.co.uk · 01626 774091

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.3
average Attainment 8 score. Devon 45.4, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
748
62% of 1,200 places
Local authority
Devon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28%
First language not English
4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Ivy Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 96 families put the school first and 107 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: 139 (Places 152)139September 2023: 149 (Places 172)149September 2024: 112 (Places 137)112September 2025: 101 (Places 111)101September 2026: 96 (Places 107)96Places 107
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026107960.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251111010.9100%
September 2024Sept 20241371120.8100%
September 2023Sept 20231721490.9100%
September 2022Sept 20221521390.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.3, and 37.5% 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 C+ (33.6 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: 46.1 (England 46.3)46.12017/18: 44.3 (England 46.5)44.32018/19: 43.3 (England 46.7)43.32021/22: 43.7 (England 48.8)43.72022/23: 43.6 (England 46.3)43.62023/24: 39.8 (England 45.9)39.82024/25: 42.3 (England 46.0)42.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.346.0
▼37.5%45.4%
▼62.5%64.8%
▼17.6%40.5%
▼3.534.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form28.9−2.4
Further education52+4.4
Other education0.6−2.3
Apprenticeship4.6+0.3
Employment4−0.8
Not in a lasting destination8.1+0.4
Activity not captured1.7+0.3

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: 28.5 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 32.7 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 29.9 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 30.3 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 32.2 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 24.9 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 28.4 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 33.6 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
32 studentsC+ (33.6)Average +0.03
33 studentsC+ (34.2)Average +0.05
33 studentsDist- (32.9)Average +0.04
28.6%AAB or better
88.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2424C (28.4)-0.17
2022/2317D+ (24.9)—
2021/2233C+ (32.2)—
2018/1920C (30.3)+0.18
2017/1846C (29.9)+0.24
2016/1740C+ (32.7)+0.46
2015/1649C (28.5)+0.08

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University17.5+2
Further education1.8−13.7
Apprenticeship7+4.2
Employment43.9+7.3
Not in a lasting destination19.3−8.9
Activity not captured10.5+9.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
8 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Mar 2023Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2018Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Mar 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Jan 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

55% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (131 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
55%
Replies
131
16% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼70% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼69% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼51% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼65% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼63% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼80% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼61% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼54% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼48% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 82% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼36% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 45% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼36% agreeEngland 67%

based on 31 parents (24%) with SEND

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