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Atlantic Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Bucks Cross, Bideford EX39 5DW · atlanticacademy.uk · 01237 431969
On the mapSearch near EX39 5DW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.1
- 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
- 242
- 81% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.6%
- First language not English
- 1.2%
- 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, 22 families put the school first and 24 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 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 38 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.1, and 42% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.65 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139816)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 5.5 | +3.4 |
| Further education | 61.8 | −11.1 |
| Other education | 3.6 | +1.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3 | +3.1 |
| Employment | 7.3 | +3.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.7 | +10.6 |
| Activity not captured | 1.8 | −6.5 |
Ofsted
Atlantic Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139816), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139816)
May 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139816)
What parents said
35% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 35%
- Replies
- 49
- 19% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 98% who raised concerns
based on the 57% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (47%) with SEND