South Dartmoor Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ashburton, 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 🔒
South Dartmoor Community College is a secondary school in Ashburton, Devon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
South Dartmoor 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 2026 Year 7 entry there were 160 first-choice applications for 182 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 36 Devon secondary schools.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 159 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place; the published admission number was 180 places.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 52% of pupils got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 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
- Balland Lane, Ashburton, TQ13 7EW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 801 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “South Dartmoor Community College is ambitious that all pupils are well prepared for their future studies.”
- “The school, with the support of the trust, has raised examination outcomes for pupils and sixth-form students.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ conduct.”
To improve
- “Currently, the number of pupils completing this is low, but leaders are considering how to raise this further.”
- “However, between these formal assessments, there is sometimes insufficient checking of pupils’ knowledge and understanding.”
- “Without this, teachers do not have the information they need to adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of all pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 October 2024 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 160 first-preference applications, 182 offers in total, 159 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.
- Coombeshead Academy 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Newton Abbot College 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Devon UTC 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- King Edward VI Community College 6.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Teign School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road 10.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ivybridge Community College 11.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Dawlish College 13.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published