Newton Abbot College
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Newton Abbot · TQ12 2NF · Devon
Ages 11–18
- Att842.4
- P8-0.2
- EM5+37%
- Absence11.3%
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137176
Coombeshead Academy
Academy converter · Newton Abbot · TQ12 1PT
Ages 11–18 · 870 pupils · Devon
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
43.8
Overall absence
10.5%
Admissions demand
0.92 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.12
−20+2
Attainment 843.8
English & maths grade 5+38%
English & maths grade 4+65%
EBacc entry51%
EBacc APS: 3.8
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)31.3%
Unauthorised4.2%
- Authorised absence
- 6.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 6.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 840
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.92 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
183
Places offered
201
1st-preference offers
178
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 376
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 198
- Applications from outside LA
- 15
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 10
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill60%
870 pupils · 1,440 places
- Pupils on roll
- 870
- Boys / girls
- 389 / 481
- School capacity
- 1,440
- Capacity fill
- 870 / 1,440 (60%)
- Free school meals
- 30.1%
- FSM pupils
- 246
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: EDUCATION SOUTH WEST
- Academy trust
- EDUCATION SOUTH WEST
- Sponsor
- Education South West
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Coulson
Location
- Address
- Coombeshead Road
- Postcode
- TQ12 1PT
- Town
- Newton Abbot
- County
- Devon
- Local authority
- Devon
- District
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Newton Abbot, Devon, 870 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 30.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
South Devon UTC
Ofsted: Expected standardUniversity technical college · Secondary
Newton Abbot · TQ12 2QA · Devon
Ages 14–19
- Att829.6
- P8-1.3
- EM5+18%
- Absence18.4%
0.6 miles away
Teign School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Newton Abbot · TQ12 3JG · Devon
Ages 11–18
- Att842.6
- P8-0.4
- EM5+36%
- Absence10.0%
1.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Coulson
- Telephone
- 01626201800