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Dawlish College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Elm Grove Road, Dawlish EX7 0BY · dawlish.devon.sch.uk · 01626 862318
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.9
- 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
- 782
- 87% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 3.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Ivy Education 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, 122 families put the school first and 129 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 | 129 | 122 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 125 | 122 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 147 | 145 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 169 | 166 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 171 | 172 | 1▲ | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.9, and 25% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼25.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼16.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.34 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113518)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 81.4 | +1.1 |
| Other education | 0.8 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9 | +2.5 |
| Employment | 2.5 | −1.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.6 | −0.9 |
| Activity not captured | 1.7 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Dawlish College was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113518), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113518)
Dec 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113518)
Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113518)
What parents said
55% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (130 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 55%
- Replies
- 130
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 34 parents (26%) with SEND