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Coombeshead Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot TQ12 1PT · coombesheadacademy.org.uk · 01626 201800

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.8
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
870
60% of 1,440 places
Local authority
Devon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.1%
First language not English
2.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Education South West

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, 154 families put the school first and 175 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: 128 (Places 162)128September 2023: 141 (Places 191)141September 2024: 183 (Places 201)183September 2025: 185 (Places 196)185September 2026: 154 (Places 175)154Places 175
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261751540.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251961850.9100%
September 2024Sept 20242011830.997%
September 2023Sept 20231911410.7100%
September 2022Sept 20221621280.8100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.8, and 49.4% 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 D+ (24 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: 44.4 (England 46.3)44.42017/18: 44.1 (England 46.5)44.12018/19: 44.3 (England 46.7)44.32021/22: 46.5 (England 48.8)46.52022/23: 42.0 (England 46.3)42.02023/24: 43.8 (England 45.9)43.82024/25: 46.8 (England 46.0)46.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.846.0
▲49.4%45.4%
▲69.9%64.8%
▲63.3%40.5%
●4.214.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form21.4−13.3
Further education59.8+17.8
Apprenticeship6.3+0.6
Employment4.5−2.3
Not in a lasting destination8−0.5

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: 23.2 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 24.4 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 26.9 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 28.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 30.6 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 24.6 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 24.3 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 24.0 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
34 studentsD+ (24)Below average -0.38
39 studentsD+ (24.8)Below average -0.28
39 studentsMerit (23.6)Below average -0.35
0%AAB or better
84.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2433D+ (24.3)-1.02
2022/2337D+ (24.6)—
2021/2246C (30.6)—
2018/1959C (28.6)-0.07
2017/1863C- (26.9)+0.13
2016/1764D+ (24.4)-0.05
2015/1698D+ (23.2)-0.28

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University26.2−2.6
Apprenticeship7.1−0.5
Employment52.4+2.4
Not in a lasting destination7.1−0.5
Activity not captured7.1+2.6

Ofsted

Coombeshead Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
28 Feb 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Requires 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
  • Apr 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Jul 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (129 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
76%
Replies
129
15% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▼77% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼77% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼72% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼80% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼64% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼65% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼64% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 87% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲53% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 49% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼47% agreeEngland 67%

based on 30 parents (23%) with SEND

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