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Cullompton Community College

Secondary · Cullompton · EX15 1DX

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 September 2022

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At a glance

746 pupils · 99% of 751 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils
English as additional language
10.9% of pupils
SEN support
18.8% of pupils
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils
Website
www.cullompton.devon.sch.uk
URN
151057

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

137 places offered · 113 first-choice applications · usually has places

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
45.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
72.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4
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.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,914
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

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