Ivybridge Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 15 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
136336
Address
Harford Road, PL21 0JA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2424 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.9%
Persistent absence
28.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.5%
Other White 3%
Mixed 2.8%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award44
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE74
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE138
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE137
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ivybridge Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
353
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
341
2nd preference
149
3rd preference
148
From another Local Authority
273
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
338
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
81
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
416
208
208
Year 8
410
230
180
Year 9
407
219
188
Year 10
387
232
155
Year 11
403
204
199
Year 12
202
89
113
Year 13
199
90
109
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
54.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
17.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
18.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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