South Dartmoor Community College is a secondary school located in Ashburton. 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 08/03/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.6%, which is 2.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Balland Lane, Ashburton, TQ13 7EW
Website: http://www.southdartmoor.devon.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01364652230
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Devon
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Jenny Veal
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136569

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 08/03/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1708
Number of Pupils: 873
Number of Boys: 464
Number of Girls: 409

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.3 Confidence interval -0.47 to -0.13
Of the 217 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 213 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:30%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.72
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ashburton Primary School
Whistley Hill , Ashburton TQ13 7DW 		3out of 4 1,229 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
South Dartmoor Community College
Balland Lane , TQ13 7EW 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Atrium Studio School
Balland Lane , TQ13 7EW 		3out of 4 73 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sands School
48 East Street , Ashburton TQ13 7AX 		- not rated 1,139 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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