Teign SchoolNewton Abbot College

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Newton Abbot.

Summary of the comparison

Teign School and Newton Abbot College are secondary schools in Newton Abbot.

  • Teign School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Newton Abbot College scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Newton Abbot College is ahead on our composite score.

  • Teign School was judged Good and Newton Abbot College was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 44.7 for Teign School and 40.5 for Newton Abbot College.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Teign School (47.1 in 2021-22, 44.7 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Newton Abbot College (46.2 in 2021-22, 40.5 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Teign School versus Newton Abbot College compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Newton AbbotTeign SchoolNewton AbbotNewton Abbot CollegeEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD52/100D53/100Stronger figure
Local ranking29th of 40 in Devon 26th of 40 in Devon Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,077 1,212
Capacity1,353 1,205
LocationNewton Abbot, TQ12 3JG Newton Abbot, TQ12 2NF
GCSE results
Attainment 844.7 Stronger figure40.5 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths39.9% Stronger figure27.9% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths68.0% Stronger figure56.3% 64.8%
Entering EBacc74.7% 81.3% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.25 Stronger figure3.71 4.09
Cohort178 208
A-level results
A-level entries35 42
A-level average points27.2 28.6 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC- C
Best 3 A-levels points29.0 29.9 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects0.0% 4.5% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,077 1,212
Free school meals (ever 6)20.8% 25.3%
English as an additional language1.9% 4.6%
SEN support21.1% 18.1%
SEN with an EHC plan4.2% 5.5%
Attendance
Overall absence9.7% Stronger figure9.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence28.7% 28.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Teign School

Newton Abbot College

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