Kingsbridge Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Kingsbridge, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.05 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsbridge Academy is a secondary school in Kingsbridge, Devon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Kingsbridge Academy 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 | 5.05 mi |
| 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 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 5.05 miles away, the 5th shortest of 10 Devon secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- In 2026, Year 7 had 207 first-choice applications for 211 offers; 203 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd 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
- Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils attending Kingsbridge Academy benefit from a good education.”
- “Leaders are highly ambitious for all pupils.”
- “Pupils enjoy their lessons and their learning.”
To improve
- “Some pupils and parents express concerns about bullying.”
- “However, its implementation is not systematic or accurate enough.”
- “This hinders pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.6 | 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: 207 first-preference applications, 211 offers in total, 203 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.
- Ivybridge Community College 9.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- King Edward VI Community College 11.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Dartmoor Community College 16.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newton Abbot College 19.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coombeshead Academy 19.0 mi Good Last distance published
- South Devon UTC 19.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Teign School 20.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road 22.5 mi Not judged Last distance published