South Dartmoor Community College

Academy converter·Secondary school Ashburton, Devon·TQ13 7EW
Composite score
59.6
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#1,244
National rank
#104
In South West
#10
In Devon
Top 39%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
4.10

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
160 first choices, 182 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
252
any preference, for 182 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8420220.8020230.8620240.9520250.882026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for South Dartmoor Community College yet. Devon does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
795
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
32.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,918
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
91%
166 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

South Dartmoor Community College at a glance

Located in Ashburton, Devon, South Dartmoor Community College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 795 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.7 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% of secondary schools nationally.

52% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made South Dartmoor Community College their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.0%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. South Dartmoor Community College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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