Axe Valley Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Axminster, 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 🔒
Axe Valley Academy is a secondary school in Axminster, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Axe Valley 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 applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- Year 7 2026 had 157 first-choice applications for 166 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 231 applications for Year 7 in 2026, 38 (16%) came from families living outside Devon, and 14 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 30% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (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
- Chard Street, Axminster, EX13 5EA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 741 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “Community runs through the heart of Axe Valley Academy.”
- “Pupils enjoy welcoming visitors and sharing their experiences of the school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are based on mutual respect.”
To improve
- “Bullying does occur occasionally, but pupils will report it to adults.”
- “However, they do not always check that pupils have understood and can remember the important content in each subject.”
- “This leads to some pupils having gaps in their knowledge that make understanding new concepts difficult.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.2 | 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: 157 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 157 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.
- Colyton Grammar School 5.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Honiton Community College 8.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sidmouth College 12.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The King's School 13.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Uffculme School 17.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cullompton Community College 18.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clyst Vale Community College 19.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Exmouth Community College 21.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published