King Edward VI Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Totnes, Devon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.39 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King Edward VI Community College is a secondary school in Totnes, Devon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
King Edward VI 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 | 5.39 mi |
| 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
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was 5.39 miles, 5th longest of 10 Devon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, about the same as in 2025.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 179 first-choice applications for 173 offers; 161 offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% (England 45%) got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Devon.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (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
- Ashburton Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 940 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils and sixth-form students are proud to attend King Edward VI Community College.”
- “The school has worked hard to create a community where pupils feel they belong.”
- “This is built on the foundation of kindness and mutual respect.”
To improve
- “However, at times, teaching does not help pupils to develop their depth of understanding of topics or support them to explore concepts as fully as it could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 179 first-preference applications, 173 offers in total, 161 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.
- South Dartmoor Community College 6.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coombeshead Academy 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Newton Abbot College 7.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Devon UTC 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Teign School 9.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ivybridge Community College 10.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Kingsbridge Academy 11.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road 11.7 mi Not judged Last distance published