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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
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Dawlish College
- Pupils on roll
- 782of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 112
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 27 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Dawlish College (URN 113518, until 1 December 2019).
What the data says
Dawlish College has no sixth form. Of the 84 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 80% to a further education college and 6% 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 38.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Devon, with 25% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 | Dawlish College | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 84 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 80% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dawlish College | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.9 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.34 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.2 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.7 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 | 109 | 97% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 66% |
| English Literature | 109 | 97% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 62% |
| English Language | 109 | 97% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 84 | 75% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 48% |
| Geography | 50 | 45% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 56% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 48 | 43% | 8% | 2% | 21% | 50% |
| History | 47 | 42% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 28% |
| Art and Design | 36 | 32% | 7% | 14% | 24% | 42% |
| Business Studies | 32 | 29% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 41% |
| Biology | 24 | 21% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 83% |
| Physics | 24 | 21% | 23% | 8% | 46% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 24 | 21% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 92% |
| Design and Technology | 22 | 20% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 27% |
| Spanish | 17 | 15% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 8% | 31% | 11% | 32% | 67% |
| French | 8 | 7% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 88% |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 10 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 9 | — | — |
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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.