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Braunton Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Barton Lane, Braunton EX33 2BP · braunton.academy · 01271 812221
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 53.7
- 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
- 828
- 99% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 15%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
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, 167 families put the school first and 168 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 168 | 167 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 162 | 161 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 177 | 203 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 173 | 175 | 1▲ | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 176 | 174 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53.7, and 61.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Devon it was 45.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲53.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲61.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲79.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼31.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.62 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.6 | −1.2 |
| Further education | 77.6 | +1.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −3.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 | +5.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | +1.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Braunton Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (202 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 202
- 24% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 61 parents (30%) with SEND