The Park Community School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Barnstaple, 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 🔒
The Park Community School is a secondary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Park Community School 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, as was the case at 25 of the 36 other Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 252 first-choice applications for 252 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Year 7 2026 is 270 places.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th 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
- Park Lane, Barnstaple, EX32 9AX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “The Park Community School is improving rapidly.”
- “Pupils respond well to the school’s high expectations of them.”
- “Typically, lessons proceed without disruption and pupils move around the school grounds in an orderly and respectful way.”
To improve
- “Attainment is above the national average, however, there are a few subjects in which pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “This often affects disadvantaged pupils.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how well these approaches are used.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 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: 252 first-preference applications, 252 offers in total, 252 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 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Braunton Academy 5.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bideford College 8.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Torrington School 8.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy 9.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Molton Community College 10.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chulmleigh Community College 13.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Atlantic Academy 14.1 mi Good Last distance published