Pilton Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Barnstaple, 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 🔒
Pilton Community College is a secondary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Pilton 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 25 of the 36 other Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 199 first-choice applications for 199 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 45% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 3rd 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
- Chaddiford Lane, Barnstaple, EX31 1RB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “They value the warm and respectful relationships that they have with staff.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
- “Pupils usually live up to these and learn without disruption.”
To improve
- “However, a minority of pupils use disrespectful or derogatory language.”
- “This is not reflected in the most recent published outcomes for the school.”
- “However, they do not know enough about how to keep themselves mentally healthy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.4 | 46 |
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: 199 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 199 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.
- The Park Community School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Braunton Academy 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bideford College 8.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy 8.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Torrington School 9.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Molton Community College 11.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Atlantic Academy 14.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Chulmleigh Community College 14.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published