The Woodroffe SchoolColyton Grammar School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

The Woodroffe School and Colyton Grammar School are secondary schools.

  • The Woodroffe School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Colyton Grammar School scores 88 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Colyton Grammar School is ahead on our composite score.

  • The Woodroffe School was judged Good and Colyton Grammar School was judged Outstanding.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 51.4 for The Woodroffe School and 78.8 for Colyton Grammar School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at The Woodroffe School (54.7 in 2021-22, 51.4 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Colyton Grammar School (83.1 in 2021-22, 78.8 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The Woodroffe School versus Colyton Grammar School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Lyme RegisThe Woodroffe SchoolColytonColyton Grammar SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100A88/100Stronger figure
Local ranking5th of 29 in Dorset 1st of 40 in Devon
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll978 1,071
Capacity1,050 1,085
LocationLyme Regis, DT7 3LX Colyton, EX24 6HN
GCSE results
Attainment 851.4 78.8 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths54.9% 98.7% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths74.7% 99.3% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc81.5% 88.2% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.83 7.63 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort162 152
A-level results
A-level entries89 143
A-level average points33.3 47.5 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC+ A-
Best 3 A-levels points33.5 47.4 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects9.9% 57.7% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census978 1,071
Free school meals (ever 6)18.7% 7.4%
English as an additional language2.5% 10.4%
SEN support9.2% 4.6%
SEN with an EHC plan2.9% 0.7%
Attendance
Overall absence9.9% 5.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence28.3% 18.8% 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.

The Woodroffe School

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