The King's School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RA
- Distance
- 7.2km away
Sidmouth College
Primley Road, Sidmouth, EX10 9LG
Local ranking21st of 41 secondary schools in Devon
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 10 March 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Sidmouth College (URN 113503) since 1 March 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 144
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 33.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
25.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
46
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 110
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 853
- Boys
- 416 (50%)
- Girls
- 409 (50%)
- Capacity
- 900 (92% full)
- SEND
- 20.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.8%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,253/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
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.8%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Black Other: 0.2%
92.8%
White British
2.4%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Primley Road
Sidmouth, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 149602
- UKPRN
- 10092132
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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