Coombeshead Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Newton Abbot College
Old Exeter Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2NF
Local ranking26th of 40 secondary schools in Devon
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1205
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 12 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 81.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Higher education
- 23.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 40.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
42
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 123
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1212
- Boys
- 652 (54%)
- Girls
- 560 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1205 (101% full)
- SEND
- 23.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.3%
- EAL
- 4.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 18.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,299/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.5%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
91.5%
White British
3.4%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Old Exeter Road
Newton Abbot, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137124
- UKPRN
- 10034740
- Establishment No.
- 5404
- Trust
- IVY EDUCATION TRUST
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