Which school has the best GCSE results in Devon?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Colyton Grammar School tops the table in Devon with 78.8, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Devon schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Devon show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Devon GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

65 state secondary schools in Devon ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 15 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 67 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Devon ranked on Attainment 8

65 of 67 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Devon ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Colyton Grammar School Colyton · Academy converter	78.8	99%	99%	7.63	152
2	Devonport High School for Girls Plymouth · Academy converter	73.8	98%	99%	6.96	123
3	Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy Brixham · Academy converter	71.2	96%	99%	6.24	146
4	Torquay Boys' Grammar School Torquay · Academy converter	70.8	93%	99%	6.55	167
5	Devonport High School for Boys Plymouth · Academy converter	69.3	94%	99%	5.83	178
6	Torquay Girls' Grammar School Torquay · Academy converter	68.6	90%	97%	6.69	156
7	Plymouth High School for Girls Plymouth · Academy converter	65.5	90%	97%	5.93	103
8	Ivybridge Community College Ivybridge · Academy converter	55.2	72%	85%	4.74	370
9	Chulmleigh Community College Chulmleigh · Academy converter	54.1	61%	82%	5.25	145
10	Braunton Academy Braunton · Academy converter	53.7	61%	80%	4.62	152
11	St Peter's Church of England Aided School Exeter · Voluntary aided school	53.0	61%	81%	4.37	263
12	Uffculme School Cullompton · Academy converter	52.8	58%	80%	4.39	219
13	The King's School Ottery St Mary · Academy converter	51.9	56%	79%	4.45	178
14	Hele's School Plymouth · Academy converter	50.7	54%	76%	4.72	237
15	Kingsbridge Academy Kingsbridge · Academy converter	49.6	55%	72%	4.55	200
16	Coombe Dean School Plymouth · Academy converter	49.2	49%	76%	4.46	169
17	The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy Ilfracombe · Academy sponsor led	47.9	51%	74%	4.06	178
18	South Dartmoor Community College Ashburton · Academy converter	47.7	52%	68%	4.10	120
19	Torquay Academy Torquay · Academy sponsor led	47.6	49%	73%	3.97	238
20	Plymstock School Plymouth · Academy converter	47.3	50%	73%	4.21	281
21	West Exe School Exeter · Academy sponsor led	47.0	51%	74%	4.29	225
22	St James School Exeter · Academy converter	46.9	53%	69%	4.42	198
23	Coombeshead Academy Newton Abbot · Academy converter	46.8	49%	70%	4.21	166
24	The Park Community School Barnstaple · Academy converter	46.6	48%	66%	4.23	278
25=	Isca Academy Exeter · Academy sponsor led	46.4	47%	64%	4.53	190
25=	Pilton Community College Barnstaple · Academy converter	46.4	45%	68%	4.10	225
27	Queen Elizabeth's Crediton · Academy converter	46.2	50%	68%	4.29	195
28	Exmouth Community College Exmouth · Academy converter	46.1	41%	63%	3.98	365
29	Cranbrook Education Campus Exeter · Academy sponsor led	46.0	44%	69%	4.49	77
30=	Sidmouth College Sidmouth · Academy converter	45.9	55%	73%	3.74	142
30=	South Molton Community College South Molton · Foundation school	45.9	50%	70%	4.23	117
32	Bideford College Bideford · Academy sponsor led	45.7	50%	69%	4.27	228
33=	Dartmouth Academy Dartmouth · Academy sponsor led	45.3	46%	63%	3.79	46
33=	St Luke's Church of England School Exeter · Academy sponsor led	45.3	51%	70%	4.20	162
35	Cullompton Community College Cullompton · Academy converter	45.1	45%	72%	3.95	152
36	Teign School Newton Abbot · Academy converter	44.7	40%	68%	4.25	178
37	King Edward VI Community College Totnes · Academy converter	44.6	37%	62%	3.86	148
38=	Clyst Vale Community College Exeter · Academy converter	44.5	40%	63%	3.77	178
38=	The Spires College Torquay · Foundation school	44.5	51%	61%	3.88	183
40=	Lipson Co-operative Academy Plymouth · Academy converter	43.5	42%	62%	3.57	170
40=	Scott Medical and Healthcare College Plymouth · Studio schools	43.5	36%	63%	3.49	56
42	Notre Dame RC School Plymouth · Academy converter	43.3	34%	57%	3.62	122
43	Okehampton College Okehampton · Academy converter	43.2	40%	61%	3.71	201
44	Plympton Academy Plymouth · Academy converter	43.1	44%	67%	3.57	194
45=	Eggbuckland Community College Plymouth · Academy converter	42.3	38%	68%	3.72	169
45=	Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road Teignmouth · Academy converter	42.3	38%	63%	3.53	136
47	Atlantic Academy Bideford · Free schools	42.1	42%	62%	3.65	50
48	Tavistock College Tavistock · Academy converter	41.6	33%	54%	3.71	215
49	All Saints Church of England Academy Plymouth · Academy sponsor led	41.4	37%	60%	3.38	105
50	Newton Abbot College Newton Abbot · Academy converter	40.5	28%	56%	3.71	208
51=	Honiton Community College Honiton · Academy converter	40.4	36%	54%	3.55	120
51=	Tor Bridge High Plymouth · Academy converter	40.4	42%	63%	3.42	184
53	Holsworthy Community College Holsworthy · Academy converter	39.9	41%	65%	3.29	85
54	Sir John Hunt Community Sports College Plymouth · Foundation school	39.8	29%	44%	3.28	116
55	St Cuthbert Mayne School Torquay · Voluntary aided school	39.7	26%	51%	3.32	149
56	Axe Valley Academy Axminster · Academy sponsor led	39.2	30%	58%	3.32	138
57=	Great Torrington School Torrington · Academy converter	39.0	35%	59%	3.52	173
57=	St Boniface's RC College Plymouth · Academy sponsor led	39.0	25%	53%	3.23	76
59	Dawlish College Dawlish · Academy converter	38.9	25%	56%	3.34	112
60=	Millbay Academy Plymouth · Free schools	36.9	27%	44%	3.06	84
60=	Paignton Academy Paignton · Academy converter	36.9	25%	41%	2.99	264
62	Brixham College Brixham · Academy converter	36.7	22%	50%	2.92	161
63	Stoke Damerel Community College Plymouth · Academy converter	35.9	24%	49%	2.90	206
64	Thomas Hall School Exeter · Free schools	34.6	25%	46%	2.94	52
65	South Devon UTC Newton Abbot · University technical college	25.7	11%	27%	1.97	66
–	Matford Brook Academy Exeter · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Tiverton High School Tiverton · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Devon with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Blundell's School Tiverton · Other independent school	29.3	0%	110
Exeter School Exeter · Other independent school	22.8	0%	105
Kingsley School Devon Bideford · Other independent school	36.6	46%	48
Mount Kelly Tavistock · Other independent school	22.2	0%	85
Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus Plymouth · Other independent school	48.0	36%	11
Sands School Newton Abbot · Other independent school	14.3	0%	20
Shebbear College Beaworthy · Other independent school	46.1	47%	36
South Devon Steiner School Other independent school	13.5	46%	24
St John's School Sidmouth · Other independent school	17.7	0%	10
Stover School Newton Abbot · Other independent school	45.1	23%	65
St Wilfrid's School Exeter · Other independent school	38.8	25%	8
The Maynard School Exeter · Other independent school	60.5	85%	60
Totnes Independent School Totnes · Other independent school	43.9	37%	27
Trinity School Other independent school	10.3	0%	64
West Buckland School Barnstaple · Other independent school	54.1	69%	81

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Devon on our composite score

Devon GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Devon ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Devon with published GCSE results

More about schools in Devon

Devon GCSE results: common questions