Atlantic Academy
Free schools · 242 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Academy sponsor led
Tiverton High School
- Pupils on roll
- —of 1,576 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 209
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 1 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Tiverton High School (URN 113548, until 1 January 2026).
What the data says
Tiverton High School has no sixth form. Of the 245 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 9% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 9% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Devon, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 9% 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 | Tiverton High School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 245 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Tiverton High School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.6 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.23 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.8 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.3 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 | 206 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 64% |
| Mathematics | 202 | 97% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 65% |
| English Literature | 202 | 97% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 59% |
| Combined Science | 159 | 76% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 48% |
| Geography | 95 | 45% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 47% |
| History | 78 | 37% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 36% |
| Religious Studies | 68 | 33% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 46% |
| Fine Art | 54 | 26% | 9% | 22% | 28% | 78% |
| Chemistry | 48 | 23% | 23% | 17% | 47% | 69% |
| Physics | 48 | 23% | 23% | 17% | 46% | 71% |
| Biology | 48 | 23% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 85% |
| Computer Science | 41 | 20% | 13% | 5% | 30% | 41% |
| Design and Technology | 38 | 18% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 61% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 31 | 15% | 8% | 10% | 21% | 55% |
| German | 21 | 10% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 48% |
| French | 19 | 9% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 63% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 8% | 2% | 6% | 16% | 53% |
| Photography | 17 | 8% | 6% | 24% | 19% | 53% |
| Physical Education | 16 | 8% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 31% |
| Graphic Communication | 15 | 7% | 1% | 40% | 23% | 87% |
| Drama | 13 | 6% | 7% | 31% | 27% | 77% |
| Music | 9 | 4% | 5% | 22% | 33% | 67% |
| Dance | 9 | 4% | 1% | 33% | 27% | 56% |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Astronomy | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 44 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 27 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 25 | — | — |
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.