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Honiton Community College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

School Lane, Honiton EX14 1QT · honitoncommunitycollege.co.uk · 0140442283

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected May 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
40.4
average Attainment 8 score. Devon 45.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
637
72% of 884 places
Local authority
Devon
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.1%
First language not English
4.2%
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, 113 families put the school first and 138 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: 138 (Places 144)138September 2023: 125 (Places 141)125September 2024: 109 (Places 124)109September 2025: 105 (Places 130)105September 2026: 113 (Places 138)113Places 138
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261381130.8100%
September 2025Sept 20251301050.8100%
September 2024Sept 20241241090.9100%
September 2023Sept 20231411250.998%
September 2022Sept 2022144138196%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.4, and 35.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Devon it was 45.4, and across England 46.

In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C- (26.5 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: 46.8 (England 46.3)46.82017/18: 48.2 (England 46.5)48.22018/19: 44.0 (England 46.7)44.02021/22: 43.0 (England 48.8)43.02022/23: 46.6 (England 46.3)46.62023/24: 45.6 (England 45.9)45.62024/25: 40.4 (England 46.0)40.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼40.446.0
▼35.8%45.4%
▼54.2%64.8%
▼26.7%40.5%
▼3.554.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form14.8−0.8
Further education57.4+3.5
Apprenticeship4.9−7.2
Employment2.5−1
Not in a lasting destination13.9+6.1
Activity not captured6.6+3.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 22.3 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 23.1 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 31.7 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 26.5 (England 32.9)C-England 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
38 studentsC- (26.5)Below average -0.34
38 studentsC- (26.9)Below average -0.34
Applied general13 studentsMerit (26.1)Average -0.14
Tech level6 studentsDist+ (40.8)—
9.5%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1820C+ (31.7)+0.19
2016/1747D+ (23.1)+0.21
2015/1662D+ (22.3)-0.28

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University27.3−18.2
Apprenticeship9.10
Employment31.8−6.8
Not in a lasting destination9.1+6.8
Activity not captured22.7+18.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Honiton Community College on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
13 May 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

46% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (146 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
46%
Replies
146
21% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼58% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼68% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼56% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼63% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼47% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼63% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼64% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼77% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼49% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼44% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼32% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 47% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼27% agreeEngland 67%

based on 45 parents (31%) with SEND

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