South Molton Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Dec 10 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
113512
Address
Old Alswear Road, EX36 4LA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
662 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.9%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94%
Other White 1.7%
Mixed 1.4%
Indian 1.1%
Other 0.6%
African 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.22
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
Art & DesignGCSE49
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE116
English LiteratureGCSE115
FrenchGCSE18
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

South Molton Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
136
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
130
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
4
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
130
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
138
72
66
Year 8
131
68
63
Year 9
145
64
81
Year 10
131
59
72
Year 11
117
63
54
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
72.0%
55.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
23.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
13.0%
6.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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