Atlantic Academy
Free schools · 242 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Academy sponsor led
Cranbrook Education Campus
- Pupils on roll
- 1,066of 1,020 places
- Free school meals
- 26.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 77
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Cranbrook Education Campus has no sixth form. Of the 50 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Devon, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Cranbrook Education Campus | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 50 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Cranbrook Education Campus | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.0 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 71% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.49 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.0 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.6 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 74 | 96% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 77% |
| English Language | 74 | 96% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 74 | 96% | 65% | 28% | 9% | 80% |
| Statistics | 73 | 95% | 5% | 22% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 69 | 90% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 74% |
| French | 54 | 70% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 59% |
| History | 50 | 65% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 46% |
| Geography | 21 | 27% | 41% | 33% | 25% | 76% |
| Fine Art | 16 | 21% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 25% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 18% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 57% |
| Polish | 3 | 4% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 3 | 4% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Devon
Axe Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 741 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
Bideford College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,455 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Braunton Academy
Academy converter · 828 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
Chulmleigh Community College
Academy converter · 735 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.1
Clyst Vale Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 944 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
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.