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Cranbrook Education Campus
All-through · Mixed · Ages 2–16 · Sponsored academy
Tillhouse Road, Cranbrook, Exeter EX5 7EE · cranbrookeducationcampus.org.uk · 01404 823293
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46
- average Attainment 8 score. Devon 45.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 2.57 mi
- 4.13 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Category 9 · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,066
- 46 over 1,020 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Devon
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.2%
- First language not English
- 13.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Category 9” went to a home 2.57 mi (4.13 km) from the school. Source: Devon Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 103 families put the school first and 112 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 112 | 103 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 103 | 80 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 103 | 92 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 117 | 81 | 0.7 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 95 | 64 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Category 9 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.57 mi4.13 km | |
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
The council does not list the school as oversubscribed: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46, and 44.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Devon it was 45.4, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Devon it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▼102 | 105 | |
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46 | 46 | ||
| ●44.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲68.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲71.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.49 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.7 | +3.1 |
| Further education | 73.3 | +6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3 | −0.3 |
| Employment | 5 | −7.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.3 | −4.4 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | — |
Ofsted
Cranbrook Education Campus was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (137 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 137
- 14% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 36 parents (26%) with SEND