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Holsworthy Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 551of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 34.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 85
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Holsworthy Community College (URN 113511, until 1 February 2018).
What the data says
Holsworthy Community College has no sixth form. Of the 116 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
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 | Holsworthy Community College | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 116 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 68% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Holsworthy Community College | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.9 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.29 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 28% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.7 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.6 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 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 | 85 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 84 | 99% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 71% |
| English Literature | 72 | 85% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 71% |
| Combined Science | 54 | 64% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 33% |
| History | 47 | 55% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 62% |
| Biology | 31 | 36% | 23% | 13% | 45% | 84% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 35% | 23% | 10% | 47% | 80% |
| Physics | 30 | 35% | 23% | 13% | 46% | 83% |
| Art and Design | 29 | 34% | 7% | 28% | 24% | 76% |
| Physical Education | 18 | 21% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 78% |
| Geography | 17 | 20% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 71% |
| French | 16 | 19% | 18% | 38% | 29% | 81% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 18% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 60% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 12% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 40% |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 16 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Tourism | 10 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 3 | — | — |
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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.