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Honiton Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 637of 884 places
- Free school meals
- 23.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 120
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 13 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Honiton Community College (URN 113499, until 1 July 2011).
What the data says
Honiton Community College has no sixth form. Of the 130 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 43% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Devon, with 36% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Honiton Community College is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Devon and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Honiton Community College | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 130 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 31% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Honiton Community College | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.4 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.55 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.2 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.0 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 119 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 59% |
| Mathematics | 119 | 99% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 65% |
| English Literature | 116 | 97% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 55% |
| Combined Science | 86 | 72% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 57% |
| Geography | 80 | 67% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 64% |
| History | 58 | 48% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 47% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 52 | 43% | 8% | 10% | 21% | 46% |
| Physical Education | 41 | 34% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 24% |
| Religious Studies | 41 | 34% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 73% |
| 3D Design | 38 | 32% | 2% | 16% | 16% | 42% |
| Physics | 32 | 27% | 23% | 3% | 46% | 63% |
| Biology | 32 | 27% | 23% | 3% | 45% | 53% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 26% | 23% | 3% | 47% | 58% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 18% | 13% | 5% | 30% | 38% |
| French | 20 | 17% | 18% | 30% | 29% | 70% |
| Photography | 15 | 13% | 6% | 33% | 19% | 80% |
| Drama | 15 | 13% | 7% | 40% | 27% | 60% |
| Spanish | 14 | 12% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 57% |
| Fine Art | 11 | 9% | 9% | 45% | 28% | 82% |
| Statistics | 3 | 3% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 14 | — | 13% |
| Psychology | 13 | — | 23% |
| Mathematics | 13 | — | 31% |
| Biology | 10 | — | 20% |
| Geography | 8 | — | 10% |
| Chemistry | 8 | — | 17% |
| History | 8 | — | 13% |
| English Literature | 7 | — | 11% |
| Physics | 7 | — | 12% |
| Computer Science | — | — | 5% |
| Physical Education | — | — | 3% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | — | — | — |
| Sports Studies | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Health Studies | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Business Studies | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Sociology | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Sociology | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.