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King Edward VI Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Ashburton Road, Totnes TQ9 5JX · kingedwardvi.org.uk · 01803 869200
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Devon 45.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 5.39 mi
- 8.68 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Category 9 · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 940
- 52% of 1,795 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.8%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Education South West
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Category 9” went to a home 5.39 mi (8.68 km) from the school. Source: Devon Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 179 families put the school first and 173 places were offered; 90% 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 | 173 | 179 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 167 | 169 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 174 | 205 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 137 | 170 | 1.2▲ | 74% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 135 | 137 | 1▲ | 86% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Category 9 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 5.39 mi8.68 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.6, and 36.5% 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+ (34 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.86 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113520)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 27.7 | −9.9 |
| Further education | 54.6 | +1.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8 | +1.5 |
| Employment | 4.3 | +0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.4 | +3.7 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | +3.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 students | C+ (34) | Below average -0.16 | |
| 66 students | C+ (34.1) | Below average -0.17 | |
| 23 students | Merit (25.5) | Below average -0.44 | |
| Tech level6 students | Dist*- (42.5) | Average +0.12 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 65 | C+ (32.9) | -0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 60 | C+ (33.9) | — |
| 2021/22 | 53 | B (41.6) | — |
| 2018/19 | 78 | B- (35.3) | +0.25 |
| 2017/18 | 99 | C (28.5) | -0.25 |
| 2016/17 | 119 | C (30.7) | -0.20 |
| 2015/16 | 135 | C+ (32) | +0.20 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 26.3 | +3.2 |
| Further and other education | 23.7 | +3.7 |
| Further education | 22.4 | +20.9 |
| Other education | 1.3 | −17.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.6 | −2 |
| Employment | 22.4 | −5.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 21.1 | −2 |
| Activity not captured | 3.9 | +2.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for King Edward VI Community College was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113520), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113520)
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113520)
Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113520)
Dec 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113520)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (153 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 153
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 50 parents (33%) with SEND