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Axe Valley Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Chard Street, Axminster EX13 5EA · axevalley.bep.ac · 0129732146

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.2
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
741
99% of 750 places
Local authority
Devon
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29.8%
First language not English
5.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Blackdown Education Partnership

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, 157 families put the school first and 166 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: 129 (Places 141)129September 2023: 123 (Places 144)123September 2024: 165 (Places 169)165September 2025: 141 (Places 140)141September 2026: 157 (Places 166)157Places 166
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261661570.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251401411▲96%
September 2024Sept 20241691651100%
September 2023Sept 20231441230.999%
September 2022Sept 20221411290.999%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.2, and 30.4% 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 D+ (23.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252017/18: 44.0 (England 46.5)44.02018/19: 43.8 (England 46.7)43.82021/22: 42.0 (England 48.8)42.02022/23: 44.8 (England 46.3)44.82023/24: 40.2 (England 45.9)40.22024/25: 39.2 (England 46.0)39.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.246.0
▼30.4%45.4%
▼58.0%64.8%
▼28.3%40.5%
▼3.324.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113497)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form2.6−3.7
Sixth form college3.5+2.6
Further education60.9+1.1
Other education1.7—
Apprenticeship14.8+6.8
Employment5.2−7.3
Not in a lasting destination6.1−4.6
Activity not captured5.2+3.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 23.5 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 26.7 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 28.8 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 23.7 (England 32.9)D+England 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
36 studentsD+ (23.7)Below average -0.43
36 studentsD+ (24.1)Below average -0.41
15 studentsDist (33.4)Average +0.29
4.5%AAB or better
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1820C (28.8)-0.10
2016/1761C- (26.7)-0.28
2015/1663D+ (23.5)-0.33

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/19
Left in 2018/19Since 2016/17
University33−5
Further and other education9−2
Further education3−4
Other education6+1
Apprenticeship3−13
Employment33+13
Not in a lasting destination11+3
Activity not captured11+4

Ofsted

Axe Valley Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
19 Sept 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113497), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Dec 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2013Good
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113497)

What parents said

93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (113 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
93%
Replies
113
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school●90% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲90% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲91% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●89% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼78% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲89% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲84% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲77% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 70% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲63% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 35% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲71% agreeEngland 67%

based on 35 parents (31%) with SEND

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