Dartmouth Academy is a all-through school located in Dartmouth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/09/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Milton Lane, Dartmouth, TQ6 9HW
Website: www.dartmouthacademy.org.uk
Telephone: 01803839700
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: Devon
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Emily Simpson-Horne
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136200

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 13/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 810
Number of Pupils: 432
Number of Boys: 205
Number of Girls: 227

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -2.4 to 2.8
Writing
Average: -2.3 Confidence interval -4.8 to 0.1
Maths
Average: -1.3 Confidence interval -3.6 to 1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:71%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.17 Confidence interval -0.13 to 0.47
Of the 72 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 69 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:21%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:32%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.33
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth
Milton Lane , TQ6 9HW
3out of 4 180 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kingswear Community Primary School
Lower Contour Road , Kingswear TQ6 0BJ
3out of 4 2,097 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Stoke Fleming Community Primary School
Stoke Fleming , TQ6 0QA
4out of 4 2,645 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Dartmouth Academy
Milton Lane , TQ6 9HW
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.