Clyst Vale Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
7.76 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Clyst Vale Community College is a secondary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Clyst Vale 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 | 7.76 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 7.76 miles away, the 2nd longest of 10 Devon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome, which were 2024, 2025 and 2026.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 164 first-choice applications for 179 offers; 159 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 40% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest 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
- Station Road, Broadclyst, Exeter, EX5 3AJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 944 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at Clyst Vale Community College.”
- “They have respectful relationships with staff and with their peers.”
- “Pupils develop a strong sense of community and take an active part in the life of the school.”
To improve
- “The number of pupils who continue to study a modern foreign language in key stage 4 is relatively low.”
- “This sometimes means pupils miss curriculum time.”
- “This has a negative impact on their progression through some areas of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.5 | 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: 164 first-preference applications, 179 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.
- St Luke's Church of England School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St James School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Aided School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Isca Academy 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Exe School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The King's School 6.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cullompton Community College 6.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Exmouth Community College 9.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published