Coombeshead Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Newton Abbot, 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 🔒
Coombeshead Academy is a secondary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 11–18 (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.
Coombeshead 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 | 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
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 25 of the 36 other Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry drew 154 first-choice applications for 175 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 21 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 49% 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.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was D+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
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
- Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 870 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel welcomed at the school.”
- “There are strong relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “Leaders have recently raised the expectations they have of pupils.”
To improve
- “Some younger pupils say they would like to know more about the follow-up.”
- “Despite the wide offer, some pupils do not take part as much as they could.”
- “However, in a few subjects, assessment is not used to identify the gaps in knowledge that pupils have.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 154 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 154 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.
- Newton Abbot College 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Devon UTC 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Teign School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Dartmoor Community College 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Edward VI Community College 7.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dawlish College 7.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Exmouth Community College 11.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published