OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
28 February 2023
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Devon
Trust
EDUCATION SOUTH WEST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
870
870 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
481
55.3% of pupils
Male pupils
389
44.7% of pupils
4.6 pts
above England
School
29.4%
Teignbridge
21.7%
South West
20.1%
England
24.8%
17.4 pts
below England
School
2.9%
Teignbridge
3.1%
South West
10.7%
England
20.3%
1.3 pts
above England
School
2.3%
Teignbridge
1.2%
South West
1.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Mixed background
3.2%
28
Any other White background
1.8%
16
White and Black Caribbean
0.7%
6
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
22.9%
199 of
870 pupils
2.0 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
19.5%
170 pupils
England
14.8%
4.8 pts
above
EHC plans
3.3%
29 pupils
England
6.0%
2.7 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
58
Speech, language & communication
45
Autistic spectrum disorder
33
Specific learning difficulty
33
Moderate learning difficulty
18
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
9.93%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
3.71 pts
higher than
England
School
9.93%
Teignbridge
5.73%
South West
6.20%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
27.37%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
11.55 pts
higher than
England
School
27.37%
Teignbridge
12.91%
South West
15.08%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
5.89%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
4.09 pts
higher than
England
School
5.89%
Teignbridge
1.81%
South West
1.90%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
60.4%
31.9 pts
below England
Coombeshead Academy
60.4%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.