Axe Valley Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Axminster, EX13 5EA
- Distance
- 6.8km away
The Woodroffe School
Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis, DT7 3LX
Local ranking5th of 28 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 161
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
89
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 194
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 978
- Boys
- 420 (47%)
- Girls
- 466 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (84% full)
- SEND
- 12.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.7%
- EAL
- 2.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 9.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,651/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.9%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- White Irish: 0.3%
89.9%
White British
3.0%
White Other
2.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Uplyme Road
Lyme Regis, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113901
- UKPRN
- 10006869
- Establishment No.
- 5401
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