Atlantic Academy
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Good, February 2023
- Results
- -0.30 progress 8; 47.8 attainment 8
- Size
- 242 pupils; 24 places a year; classes of 22
- Run by
- Athena Learning Trust
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16 · Mixed
- English and maths, grade 5+: 58%, against 47% in Devon.
- Progress 8: -0.30, against -0.03 in Devon.
- Sessions missed: 15.0%, against 10.4% in Devon.
- Persistently absent: 42.6%, against 28.1% in Devon.
At a glance
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SourceWhere these figures come from
How it is worked outDevon and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.
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SourceDevon County Council offer-day figures, 2025 to 2026.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.
Devon County Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2025 to 2026). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Devon County Council, 2025 to 2026.
- Distances are straight lines from the school.
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 60 | — | 24 | — | — |
| Year 7 | 2025 | 60 | — | 36 | — | — |
A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 7 February 2023
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
- Good
- Progress 8: -0.30 (England +0.01) (county -0.03)
- Attainment 8: 47.8 (England 47.4) (county 46.8)
- English and maths grade 5 or above: 58% (England 48%) (county 47%)
- Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: average
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -0.30 | +0.01 | -0.03 | 2023/2024 |
| Attainment 8 | 47.8 | 47.4 | 46.8 | 2025/2026 |
| English and maths grade 5 or above | 58% | 48% | 47% | 2025/2026 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| GCSE (key stage 4) | Top 38% (15/40) |
Where leavers go
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SourceDfE, destination measures.
- A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
| Stage | Leavers in | Pupils | In a sustained place | Of which |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After GCSEs | 2023/24 | 55 | 86% | In education 71%; Apprenticeship 7.3%; Employment 7.3% |
| After GCSEs | 2022/23 | 50 | 90% | In education 80%; Apprenticeship 6.0%; Employment 4.0% |
| After GCSEs | 2021/22 | 48 | 90% | In education 81%; Apprenticeship 4.2%; Employment 4.2% |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 15% of sessions missed; 43% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.0% and 27%
- Suspensions: 93 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 20); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 22.0 pupils; 13% of classes have more than 30
- 15.3 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 106 m
- 1 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 0 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 2.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 4.3 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 654 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 15% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 43% | 17% |
| 2023/24 | 16% | 8.8% | 7.4% | 49% | 14% |
| 2022/23 | 17% | 9.8% | 7.2% | 53% | 13% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 9.0% | 27% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 92.5 | 22% | 210 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 142.7 | 26% | 351 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 217.9 | 30% | 573 | 1 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 19.7 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 22.0 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 13% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 15.3 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 106 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 0 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 2.1 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 7.9 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 4.3 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 38% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 1.2% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 33% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 8.3% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 46% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2023.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 7 February 2023 | Graded inspection | Good |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
- 22 families put it first for 24 places; every one of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2019 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 24 | 22 | 55 | 22 |
| Year 7 | 2025 | 33 | 32 | 59 | 32 |
| Year 7 | 2024 | 44 | 42 | 73 | 42 |
| Year 7 | 2023 | 38 | 32 | 62 | 32 |
| Year 7 | 2022 | 47 | 47 | 70 | 47 |
| Year 7 | 2021 | 29 | 29 | 48 | 29 |
| Year 7 | 2020 | 40 | 39 | 70 | 39 |
| Year 7 | 2019 | 29 | 29 | 53 | 29 |
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined October 2018
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 30 September 2018
- Athena Learning Trust, with 9 schools
- Opened as an academy (free schools) on 1 October 2018
- Replaced Atlantic Academy (URN 139816)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Bideford College5.8 miGreat Torrington School9.2 miBraunton Academy11.6 miHolsworthy Community College11.7 miCompare side by side →Sources
- Council offer-day figures: Devon County Council
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, destination measures
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Bideford and the Devon league table.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and methods: tap the (i) on each section. How we know · All sources.