Honiton Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Honiton, 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 🔒
Honiton Community College is a secondary school in Honiton, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Honiton 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
- Year 7 2026 had 113 first-choice applications for 138 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 36 Devon secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 36% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Devon.
- Its latest Ofsted outcome, on 13 May 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement, on 22 November 2022.
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
- School Lane, Honiton, EX14 1QT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 637 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Honiton Community College, working closely with the trust, has raised the ambition for what pupils can achieve.”
- “Work to improve the quality of education has resulted in pupils achieving more highly in their qualifications.”
- “This means that pupils are happy and better prepared for their next steps.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils are concerned about bullying.”
- “However, at times the methods chosen to implement the curriculum are not sufficiently adapted to meet the needs and starting points of pupils.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not develop the depth of understanding they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2025 (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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.4 | 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: 113 first-preference applications, 138 offers in total, 113 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 King's School 5.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Colyton Grammar School 7.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sidmouth College 7.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Axe Valley Academy 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cullompton Community College 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Uffculme School 9.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clyst Vale Community College 11.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England School 13.5 mi Good Last distance published