Dartmouth Academy

General Info

Education Phase
All-through
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
136200
Address
Milton Lane, TQ6 9HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
452 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
8.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.2%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.8%
Other White 4.4%
Mixed 3.3%
Unclassified 2.4%
Indian 2.2%
Other 2%
Irish 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

Primary Results

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

ReadingAverage-1.6
WritingAverage1.3
MathsAverage-0.9
Year 2022-2023

Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths

School 52%
Local authority average 57%
England average 62%

Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths

School 7%
Local authority average 6%
England average 8%

Average score in reading

School 103
Local authority average 106
England average 106

Average score in maths

School 102
Local authority average 104
England average 105
School: Year 2023-2024
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE9
ChemistryGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE46
English LiteratureGCSE45
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
FrenchGCSE11
GeographyGCSE35
HistoryGCSE27
MathematicsGCSE45
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Dartmouth Academy

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
16
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

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

Offers

1st preference
16
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.3
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher22.5
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher26.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Nursery Year 1, Part-time
9
3
6
Nursery Year 1, Full-time
1
1
0
Nursery Year 2, Part-time
11
5
6
Nursery Year 2, Full-time
3
2
1
Reception, Full-time
19
7
12
Year 1
26
13
13
Year 2
18
7
11
Year 3
21
8
13
Year 4
10
6
4
Year 5
30
18
12
Year 6
22
15
7
Year 7
62
32
30
Year 8
60
30
30
Year 9
54
26
28
Year 10
57
33
24
Year 11
49
22
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
71.0%
55.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
7.0%
23.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
5.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
6.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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