King Edward VI Community College

Academy converter·Secondary school Totnes, Devon·TQ9 5JX
Composite score
55.8
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#1,781
National rank
#172
In South West
#27
In Devon
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
36%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
62%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.86

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
179 first choices, 173 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
323
any preference, for 173 places
Last place offered lived
5.39 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 8682 m
Applications from another council area
16%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20221.2420231.1820241.0120251.032026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants, and in 2026 the last place went under “category 9 (last/lowest-priority oversubscription category, last place by distan”. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
909
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
34.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,430
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
96%
148 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

King Edward VI Community College at a glance

Located in Totnes, Devon, King Edward VI Community College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 909 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.6 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 62% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. King Edward VI Community College is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 179 first choices for 173 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 5.39 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.4%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. King Edward VI 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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