Okehampton College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 16 2023 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
145337
Address
Mill Road, EX20 1PW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1214 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
3.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.5%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.7%
Other White 3.6%
Mixed 2.7%
Unclassified 2.5%
Other 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Asian 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
-0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 46
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.94
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award48
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award55
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE68
BiologyGCSE84
ChemistryGCSE84
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE250
English LiteratureGCSE250
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE34
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Okehampton College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
204
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
177
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
220
102
118
Year 8
215
93
122
Year 9
234
123
111
Year 10
213
104
109
Year 11
229
115
114
Year 12
49
26
23
Year 13
54
26
28
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
48.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
35.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
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
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
63.0%
54.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
17.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
18.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
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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