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Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road

Secondary · Teignmouth · TQ14 9HZ

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 October 2024

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At a glance

748 pupils · 62% of 1,200 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.teignmouthsecondary.co.uk/
URN
136495

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 96 families named it first for 107 Year 7 places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 3420.3 m (≈2.13 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 8 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

107 places offered · 96 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3420.3 m (≈2.13 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

136 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
62.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
33.6
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school42.3
Median of its 12 closest peers44.8
Devon average45.9
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Torpoint Community CollegeTorpoint · 33 miles awayGood41
The Ramsey Academy, HalsteadHalstead · 204 miles awayRequires improvement39.3
Biddulph High SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 185 miles awayNeeds attention43.3
Norton SchoolMalton · 272 miles awayGood41
Oldbury Wells SchoolBridgnorth · 144 miles awayGood44.9
Sir John Nelthorpe SchoolBrigg · 244 miles awayGood46
John Flamsteed Community SchoolRipley · 192 miles awayGood53.3
Lady Lumley's AcademyPickering · 280 miles awayGood52.7
The John Warner SchoolHoddesdon · 174 miles awayInadequate40.8
Polam Hall SchoolDarlington · 286 miles awayExpected standard44.6
Sheringham High SchoolSheringham · 260 miles awayGood47.1
Prudhoe Community High SchoolPrudhoe · 312 miles awayGood46.6

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Devon 87%, England 59%) · Any other White background 2% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 3%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
31.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

34.34 suspensions per 100 pupils and 10 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Devon: 36.27 suspensions and 0.29 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

68.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,405; 13.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,006
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£712,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
96%
Continuing in education
87%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
5%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
9%
Apprenticeship
12%
Employment
43%
Any sustained destination
64%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82%62.3%
Social housing2.6%17.1%
Privately rented15.3%20.5%
Detached houses46.7%22.9%
Flats19.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020266 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,000525 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£212,000–£370,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (154)£401,000
Semi-detached (81)£290,000
Terraced (138)£246,000
Flat (152)£184,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.42 km, 2019 entry): 954 sales, median £303,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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