Honiton Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
May 13 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
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
136912
Address
School Lane, EX14 1QT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
691 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.3%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.4%
Other White 3%
Unclassified 2.2%
Mixed 1.3%
African 1.3%
Other 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.54
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE119
English LiteratureGCSE116
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE52
FrenchGCSE20
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Honiton Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
130
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
105
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
9
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
105
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
62
60
Year 8
142
70
72
Year 9
143
69
74
Year 10
126
65
61
Year 11
120
53
67
Year 13
38
23
15
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
52.0%
55.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
31.0%
23.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
1.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
50.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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