Ivybridge Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ivybridge, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ivybridge Community College is a secondary school in Ivybridge, Devon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ivybridge Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Devon.
- Year 7 2026 had 351 first-choice applications for 376 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 2026, 227 of the 572 applications in all (40%) came from families living outside Devon, and 104 offers went to them.
- 14.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24.3% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Devon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Harford Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0JA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 2,262 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils, including students in the sixth form, enjoy learning at Ivybridge Community College.”
- “They value the breadth of subjects they can study and the exceptional support they receive to achieve well.”
- “This enables pupils to achieve highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 72% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 351 first-preference applications, 376 offers in total, 351 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Devon.
- Kingsbridge Academy 9.7 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Community College 10.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Dartmoor Community College 11.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tavistock College 14.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Coombeshead Academy 16.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Newton Abbot College 16.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Devon UTC 16.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Teign School 17.7 mi Good Last distance published