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Secondary school in Newton Abbot, Devon

Newton Abbot College

Old Exeter Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 2NF

Sixth form
School website 01626367335

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 12 November 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

40.5 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

28% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

56% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.7 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

81% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.20confidence interval -0.38 to -0.02

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as below 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
28.6

England average 32.3

A level students
42

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1108
Places
1205
How full
92% full — 1108 of 1205 places taken
Girls / boys
507 / 601
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
28%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
25%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
18%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
82%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
6%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
30%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
224

After sixth form

Went to university
23%

England 50%

In education, work or training
76%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
9%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
94

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

10% 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
48%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
67

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 Teignbridge 012D, 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
11%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
68%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
11%

England 17%

Households with no car
13%

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
IVY EDUCATION TRUST
Headteacher
Principal: Amy Grashoff
Local authority
Devon
Ward
Bushell
Constituency
Newton Abbot
URN
137124

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Coombeshead AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 46.8 0.2 mi
South Devon UTCUniversity technical college No grade 25.7 0.4 mi
Teign SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 44.7 1.5 mi
Stover SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.9 mi
Torquay Boys' Grammar SchoolAcademy converter No grade 70.8 4.7 mi
Torquay Girls' Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 68.6 4.7 mi
Torquay AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 47.6 4.9 mi
St Cuthbert Mayne SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 39.7 5 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
Little Heath SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 48.2
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school Good 2022 53.1
Felpham Community CollegeCommunity school No grade 41.9
William Edwards SchoolAcademy converter No grade 42.5
The Blue SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 49.7
The Douay Martyrs Catholic SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 52.6
Chipping Norton SchoolAcademy converter No grade 49.3
The Grey Coat HospitalAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 66.6

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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