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Best secondary schools in Devon

36 of 41 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Devon schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 33 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Colyton Grammar School Colyton grammar 0.99 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Chulmleigh Community College Chulmleigh 0.86 Good oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy Ilfracombe 0.48 Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Uffculme School Cullompton 0.46 Not judged oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Ivybridge Community College Ivybridge hidden gem 0.35 Good declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 The King's School Ottery St Mary 0.34 Not judged oversubscribed 1.31 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 St Peter's Church of England Aided School Exeter 0.33 Not judged oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 St Luke's Church of England School Exeter hidden gem 0.29 Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Queen Elizabeth's Crediton hidden gem 0.22 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 West Exe School Exeter 0.16 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 St James School Exeter 0.09 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 South Dartmoor Community College Ashburton 0.06 Not judged declining about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 South Molton Community College South Molton 0.01 Not judged declining about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Clyst Vale Community College Exeter hidden gem -0.02 Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 King Edward VI Community College Totnes -0.02 Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Isca Academy Exeter hidden gem -0.04 Good undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Dawlish College Dawlish -0.09 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Great Torrington School Torrington -0.1 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Coombeshead Academy Newton Abbot hidden gem -0.12 Good improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Honiton Community College Honiton -0.13 Not judged undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 The Park Community School Barnstaple -0.13 Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Newton Abbot College Newton Abbot -0.2 Not judged about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Tavistock College Tavistock -0.2 Requires improvement improving about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Braunton Academy Braunton -0.22 Good improving about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Pilton Community College Barnstaple -0.23 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Bideford College Bideford -0.24 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 Okehampton College Okehampton -0.24 Requires improvement about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Sidmouth College Sidmouth hidden gem -0.24 Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Kingsbridge Academy Kingsbridge -0.28 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Atlantic Academy Bideford hidden gem -0.3 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Holsworthy Community College Holsworthy -0.32 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 Exmouth Community College Exmouth -0.39 Requires improvement declining about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Axe Valley Academy Axminster hidden gem -0.4 Good improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road Teignmouth -0.41 Not judged declining about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
35 Teign School Newton Abbot -0.43 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 South Devon UTC Newton Abbot -1.29 Good — approximate

Also in Devon

5 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Devon, not a fairer one.

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