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Exmouth Community College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Gipsy Lane, Exmouth EX8 3AF · exmouthcollege.org · 01395 264761

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.1
average Attainment 8 score. Devon 45.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,031
77% of 2,650 places
Local authority
Devon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
25.2%
First language not English
5.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Ted Wragg Multi Academy 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, 329 families put the school first and 337 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: 381 (Places 398)381September 2023: 354 (Places 364)354September 2024: 335 (Places 350)335September 2025: 355 (Places 382)355September 2026: 329 (Places 337)329Places 337
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20263373291100%
September 2025Sept 20253823550.9100%
September 2024Sept 20243503351100%
September 2023Sept 2023364354199%
September 2022Sept 2022398381198%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.1, and 41.4% 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 (28.6 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: 41.0 (England 46.3)41.02017/18: 44.7 (England 46.5)44.72018/19: 41.9 (England 46.7)41.92021/22: 45.6 (England 48.8)45.62022/23: 41.8 (England 46.3)41.82023/24: 43.6 (England 45.9)43.62024/25: 46.1 (England 46.0)46.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.146.0
▼41.4%45.4%
●63.0%64.8%
▼29.9%40.5%
●3.984.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form36+4.3
Further education47.1−5.4
Other education1.4+0.9
Apprenticeship5.4+2.7
Employment3.5−2.6
Not in a lasting destination4.6−0.5
Activity not captured1.9+0.6

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: 27.5 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 30.0 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.0 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 29.2 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 33.7 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 32.4 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 27.6 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 28.6 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
116 studentsC (28.6)Average -0.05
116 studentsC (28.5)Average -0.07
47 studentsMerit+ (29.9)Average +0.14
8.9%AAB or better
95.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2488C- (27.6)-0.11
2022/23121C+ (32.4)—
2021/22120C+ (33.7)—
2018/19156C (29.2)-0.04
2017/18152C (29)+0.09
2016/17156C (30)+0.13
2015/16186C- (27.5)-0.09

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University23.8+2.6
Further and other education2.4−0.9
Further education1.6−1
Other education0.8+0.1
Apprenticeship4.1−3.8
Employment48.4−5.9
Not in a lasting destination18.9+8.3
Activity not captured2.5−0.1

Ofsted

Exmouth Community College was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 20 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
20 Feb 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2020Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2019Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet
  • Nov 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jul 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (301 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
60%
Replies
301
14% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼68% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼63% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼56% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼66% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼66% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼55% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼67% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●88% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼57% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼58% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼34% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 44% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼44% agreeEngland 67%

based on 111 parents (37%) with SEND

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