Coombeshead Academy is a secondary school located in Newton Abbot. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 14/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 9%, which is 5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot

School Information

Address: Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Website: www.coombesheadacademy.org.uk
Telephone: 01626201800
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Devon
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Robert Coles
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137176

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 14/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1440
Number of Pupils: 1007
Number of Boys: 491
Number of Girls: 516

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 9% 4%
Persistent absence: 25.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.19 Confidence interval -0.41 to 0.03
Of the 138 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 135 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:45%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.97
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Coombeshead Road , Highweek TQ12 1PT 		2out of 4 188 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School
Coronation Road , TQ12 1TX 		3out of 4 475 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Wolborough Church of England (Aided) Nursery and Primary School
Union Street , TQ12 2JX 		3out of 4 979 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit
Ogwell Mill Road , Bradley Barton TQ12 1PR 		3out of 4 1,057 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Bearnes Voluntary Primary School
Queen Street , TQ12 2AU 		3out of 4 1,137 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Coombeshead Academy
Coombeshead Road , TQ12 1PT 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Newton Abbot College
Old Exeter Road , TQ12 2NF 		3out of 4 405 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
South Devon UTC
Kingsteignton Road , TQ12 2QA 		2out of 4 1,049 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
Teign School
Chudleigh Road , Kingsteignton TQ12 3JG 		2out of 4 2,595 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
School for Inspiring Talents
College House , Ashburton Road TQ12 1NH 		- not rated 394 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Glendinning Academy
Sandringham Road , TQ12 4HD 		- not rated 2,557 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
Stover School
Stover , TQ12 6QG 		- not rated 3,065 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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