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State secondary · 11 to 18 · Mixed · 1,108 pupils

Newton Abbot College

Old Exeter Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2NF · Devon
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Ofsted: Good · November 2024(25/40)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,845th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(25/40)Rank among 40 Devon secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Devon league table →
Inspection
Good, November 2024
Results
-0.20 progress 8; 44.9 attainment 8
Size
1,108 pupils; 198 places a year; classes of 19
Run by
Ivy Education Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 18 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: -0.20, against -0.03 in Devon.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 38%, against 47% in Devon.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 40.4, against 33.7 in Devon.
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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.

Against Devon and England
This schoolDevonEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-0.20
Worse than Devon
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
44.9
In line with Devon
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
38%
Worse than Devon
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
9.9%
In line with Devon
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
28.4%
In line with Devon
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
40.4
Worse than Devon
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
19.2
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
25%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
14.9
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
Less sought after than Devon
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027
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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.

Things to know
  • 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.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

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.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026210—209——
Year 72025240—174——

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 12 November 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

  • Good
  • Progress 8: -0.20 (England +0.01) (county -0.03)
  • Attainment 8: 44.9 (England 47.4) (county 46.8)
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 38% (England 48%) (county 47%)
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: below average

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-0.20+0.01-0.032023/2024
Attainment 844.947.446.82025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above38%48%47%2025/2026
Average A level gradeD+——2022/2023

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.

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)(25/40)
A level (16 to 18)(17/20)

Where leavers go

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SourceDfE, destination measures.

Things to know
  • A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2424593%In education 86%; Apprenticeship 4.9%; Employment 1.6%
After GCSEs2022/2322493%In education 82%; Apprenticeship 6.3%; Employment 5.4%
After GCSEs2021/2219891%In education 82%; Apprenticeship 6.1%; Employment 3.0%
After sixth form2023/247184%Further education 5.6%; Apprenticeship 8.5%; Employment 45%
After sixth form2022/239476%Further education 1.1%; Apprenticeship 8.5%; Employment 40%
After sixth form2021/2210173%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 15%; Employment 33%
Devon league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

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: 9.9% of sessions missed; 28% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 8.5% and 24%
  • Suspensions: 40 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 17); 1 permanent exclusion
  • Classes average 19.2 pupils; 6.2% of classes have more than 30
  • 14.9 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 90 m
  • 23 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 6 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 5.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.4 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 896 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/259.9%5.2%4.7%28%6.3%
2023/2411%6.1%5.2%30%7.9%
2022/2311%6.5%4.2%29%5.9%
Schools with a similar intake8.5%24%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2540.410%4891
2023/2449.613%6372
2022/2363.013%8368
Schools with a similar intake16.8

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size19.22025/26
Classes over 30 pupils6.2%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher14.9November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus90

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 6 serious and 0 fatal in all; 13 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20255
20243
20236
20226
20213

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO25.12024
PM109.32024
PM255.42024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals25%2025/26
First language other than English4.3%2025/26
SEN support16%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.2%2025/26
Girls46%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, November 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2024.

DateKindOutcome
12 November 2024Graded inspectionQuality of education: Good

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026

  • 176 families put it first for 198 places; every one of them got in
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026198176330176
Year 72025164151312151
Year 72024216186379186
Year 72023230249450218
Year 72022227252422218
Year 72021226312522219
Year 72020233342555232
Year 72019259274447252
Year 72018237247419228
Year 72017201203344197

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined June 2022
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 August 2011

  • Ivy Education Trust, with 8 schools
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 August 2011
  • Replaced Newton Abbot College (URN 113559)
  • 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

Coombeshead Academy0.2 miSouth Devon UTC0.4 miTeign School1.5 miTeignmouth Community School, Exeter Road5.1 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Newton Abbot Preschool0.1 miles
St Josephs Pre-School Unit0.3 miles
Humpty Dumpty Childcare0.5 miles
Sunflower Day Nursery Courtenay Park0.7 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

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

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