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Tavistock College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Crowndale Road, Tavistock PL19 8DD · tavistockcollege.org · 01822 614231

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
41.6
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
1,200
61% of 1,982 places
Local authority
Devon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26.2%
First language not English
2.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Dartmoor 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, 150 families put the school first and 169 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: 217 (Places 232)217September 2023: 162 (Places 179)162September 2024: 163 (Places 172)163September 2025: 180 (Places 185)180September 2026: 150 (Places 169)150Places 169
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261691500.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251851801100%
September 2024Sept 20241721630.9100%
September 2023Sept 20231791620.9100%
September 2022Sept 20222322170.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.6, and 32.6% 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 C+ (33.7 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: 44.8 (England 46.3)44.82017/18: 47.0 (England 46.5)47.02018/19: 44.6 (England 46.7)44.62021/22: 44.4 (England 48.8)44.42022/23: 42.6 (England 46.3)42.62023/24: 42.8 (England 45.9)42.82024/25: 41.6 (England 46.0)41.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼41.646.0
▼32.6%45.4%
▼54.0%64.8%
▲45.6%40.5%
▼3.714.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113539)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form55.2+13.8
Sixth form college0.40
Further education27.2−8.1
Other education0.8−0.5
Apprenticeship5.9−2.7
Employment3.3−1.9
Not in a lasting destination5+0.7
Activity not captured2.1−1.3

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: 29.7 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.0 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.8 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 31.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 35.4 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 35.7 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 29.8 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 33.7 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
107 studentsC+ (33.7)Above average +0.19
108 studentsC+ (33.7)Above average +0.19
70 studentsMerit+ (29.2)Average -0.08
13.7%AAB or better
98%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2478C (29.8)+0.02
2022/2356B- (35.7)—
2021/2285B- (35.4)—
2018/1997C (31.6)-0.05
2017/18109C (29.8)-0.05
2016/17115C (29)+0.02
2015/16159C (29.7)+0.08

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University31.6−23.4
Further and other education5.2+3.2
Further education3.2—
Other education2.1—
Apprenticeship5.3−0.7
Employment40+11
Not in a lasting destination9.5+4.5
Activity not captured8.4+5.4

Ofsted

Tavistock College was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 23 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
23 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Mar 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2022Inadequate
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingNot effective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Dec 2011Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (291 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
57%
Replies
291
22% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼65% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼69% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼55% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼58% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼63% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼68% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼65% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼55% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼56% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼34% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 50% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼49% agreeEngland 68%

based on 105 parents (36%) with SEND

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