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Secondary school in Exeter, Devon

Clyst Vale Community College

Station Road, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, EX5 3AJ

Ofsted Good · 2022 Sixth form
School website 01392461407

Ofsted

Goodas at 6 December 2022

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

44.5 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

40% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

63% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

28% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.02confidence interval -0.23 to 0.20

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C
Average points per entry
29.7

England average 32.3

A level students
28

Pupils

Pupils on roll
944
Places
1124
How full
84% full — 944 of 1124 places taken
Girls / boys
443 / 501
Overall absence
9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
22%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
23%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
2%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
7%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
16%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
88%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
78%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
5%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
12%
No sustained destination
10%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
171

After sixth form

Went to university
40%

England 50%

In education, work or training
82%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
50

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

19% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
54%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
26

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for East Devon 021C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
34%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
70%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
16%

England 17%

Households with no car
8%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
33%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
CLYST VALE ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Sara Jacobs
Local authority
Devon
Ward
Broadclyst
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East
URN
136638

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Cranbrook Education CampusAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 46 1.8 mi
St Luke's Church of England SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 45.3 2.5 mi
St James SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 46.9 2.8 mi
St Peter's Church of England Aided SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 53 3.3 mi
Exeter SchoolOther independent school No grade 4.1 mi
The Maynard SchoolOther independent school No grade 4.3 mi
Isca AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 46.4 4.7 mi
Thomas Hall SchoolFree schools Requires improvement 2024 34.6 4.7 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter Good 2024 44.1
The National CofE AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 42.6
Plume SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 42.9
BBG AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2021 46.8
Christ's College, GuildfordAcademy converter Good 2022 42.5
Therfield SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 49
Teesdale School and Sixth FormAcademy sponsor led No grade 49.6
Stowmarket High SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 40.5

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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