Pilton Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Barnstaple, EX31 1RB
- Distance
- 6.3km away
Braunton Academy
Barton Lane, Braunton, EX33 2BP
Local ranking13th of 41 secondary schools in Devon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
840
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 145
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 840
- Boys
- 415 (50%)
- Girls
- 413 (50%)
- Capacity
- 840 (99% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.8%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,671/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
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.6%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.2%
- Mixed Other: 0.2%
89.6%
White British
3.5%
White Other
3.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138041
- UKPRN
- 10036862
- Establishment No.
- 4053
- Trust
- BRAUNTON SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
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