Pilton Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Barnstaple, EX31 1RB
- Distance
- 2.5km away
The Park Community School
Park Lane, Barnstaple, EX32 9AX
Local ranking16th of 41 secondary schools in Devon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 June 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025 — 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
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 280
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1435
- Boys
- 714 (51%)
- Girls
- 694 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (94% full)
- SEND
- 14.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.3%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £4,140/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
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.0% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 89.8%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
89.8%
White British
3.1%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Park Lane
Barnstaple, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 146094
- UKPRN
- 10068046
- Establishment No.
- 4059
- Trust
- THE HARBOUR SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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