Secondary · TQ9 · Devon

King Edward VI Community College

Ashburton Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JX

EDUCATION SOUTH WEST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance88.5%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.02
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils915

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Standards maintained

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in TQ9. Where we have them, council (South Hams) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
915
Free school meals
19.1%
1.6% above district average (17.5%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
23.1%
7.8% below district average (30.9%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
2.9%
0.9% above district average (2%)
Attendance
88.5%
5.3% below district average (93.8%)

Also: England 91.9%

Persistent absence
33.5%
Progress 8
-0.02 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
44.6
Grade 5+ English & maths
36.5%
Grade 4+ English & maths
61.5%
Entered for EBacc
30.4%
EBacc average point score
3.86

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the TQ9 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2022/2388.5%
  • 2023/2488.9%
  • 2024/2590%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
1795
Pupils on roll
915

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Devon page.

SEN support

SEN %
23.1%
On-site provision
SEN unit · ASD
Need types
ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates