Colyton Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Colyton, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colyton Grammar School is a secondary school in Colyton, Devon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Colyton Grammar School 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 | Not published |
| 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
- For Year 7 2026 there were 196 first-choice applications for 158 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 36 Devon secondary schools.
- In 2026, 157 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families and 39 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- 56 of the 228 applications (25%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Devon, and 42 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 99% 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.
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
- Whitwell Lane, Colyford, Colyton, EX24 6HN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,083 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud to attend Colyton Grammar School.”
- “They enjoy learning and the vast array of activities that are available to them.”
- “Staff and pupils have exceptionally high expectations of themselves and of each other.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2023 (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) | 99% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 78.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | A- | 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: 196 first-preference applications, 158 offers in total, 157 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.
- Axe Valley Academy 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Honiton Community College 7.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sidmouth College 7.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The King's School 9.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Exmouth Community College 16.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Clyst Vale Community College 16.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cullompton Community College 16.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Uffculme School 16.9 mi Not judged Last distance published