Holsworthy Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Holsworthy, 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 🔒
Holsworthy Community College is a secondary school in Holsworthy, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Holsworthy 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 also happened at 25 of the 36 other Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 95 first-choice applications for 97 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 23 of the 120 Year 7 applications for 2026 came from families living outside Devon, and 11 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with Attainment 8 at 39.9 (England 46).
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
- Victoria Hill, Holsworthy, EX22 6JD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 551 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2022
Strengths
- “The cooperative values of Holsworthy Community College are present throughout the school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ conduct.”
- “Leaders model this throughout the school.”
To improve
- “Yet, there are a few subject curriculums that are at an earlier stage of planning.”
- “Although pupils’ participation in extra-curricular activities is tracked, leaders do not analyse the information.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.9 | 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: 95 first-preference applications, 97 offers in total, 95 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.
- Atlantic Academy 11.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Torrington School 13.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bideford College 15.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Okehampton College 16.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tavistock College 20.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Braunton Academy 21.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Park Community School 22.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chulmleigh Community College 22.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published