Newton Abbot College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 25 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
137124
Address
Old Exeter Road, TQ12 2NF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1283 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
4.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.7%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.3%
Other White 3.3%
Mixed 2.4%
Other 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

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

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Sports StudiesTechnical Award55
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE2
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE224
English LiteratureGCSE227
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Newton Abbot College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
216
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
186
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
138
101
Year 8
231
112
119
Year 9
232
126
106
Year 10
214
111
103
Year 11
247
122
125
Year 12
62
35
27
Year 13
58
18
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
58.0%
54.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
17.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
18.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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