Braunton Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Braunton, 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 🔒
Braunton Academy is a secondary school in Braunton, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Braunton 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 had 167 first-choice applications for 168 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 61% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 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
- Barton Lane, Braunton, EX33 2BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 828 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils value the community at Braunton Academy.”
- “They feel safe, nurtured and valued.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ academic, social, emotional and physical development.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas, staff do not adapt the teaching of the curriculum to enable pupils with SEND to learn successfully.”
- “In some areas, staff do not check that pupils fully understand the topic they are studying before progressing to more complex knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 April 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) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.7 | 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: 167 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 167 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.
- Pilton Community College 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Park Community School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bideford College 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy 7.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Torrington School 10.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Atlantic Academy 11.6 mi Good Last distance published
- South Molton Community College 15.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chulmleigh Community College 17.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published