Newton Abbot College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newton Abbot, TQ12 2NF
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Coombeshead Academy
Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Local ranking25th of 40 secondary schools in Devon
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1440
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 63.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 166
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Higher education
- 11.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 15.0%
- Employment
- 47.0%
- Not sustained
- 19.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
23.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
34
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 62
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 873
- Boys
- 420 (48%)
- Girls
- 453 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1440 (61% full)
- SEND
- 21.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.8%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 17.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,286/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.4% 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: 89.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
89.9%
White British
3.5%
Mixed Other
2.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Coombeshead Road
Newton Abbot, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137176
- UKPRN
- 10034533
- Establishment No.
- 4112
- Trust
- EDUCATION SOUTH WEST
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