Tiverton High School
Bolham Road, Tiverton, EX16 6SQ
This school is closed (it closed in February 2026).
It was replaced by Tiverton High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Nicola Lewis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Pupils on roll
- 1,083
- URN
- 113548
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
About this school
Tiverton High School was a foundation secondary school in Tiverton. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,083 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Tiverton High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 245 | 225 | 209 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.3 | 38.2 | 38.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.33 -0.51 to -0.15 | -0.53 -0.72 to -0.34 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 26.2% | 31.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 52.4% | 56% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16% | 12% | 11.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Tiverton High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Devon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.3 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.2 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.6 | 33.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,183 |
| 2023/24 | 1,170 |
| 2024/25 | 1,118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tiverton High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.6 | 13.3% | 26.2% | 1,083 | — |
| Tiverton High School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Cullompton Community College | 45.1 | 10.6% | 18.6% | 746 | 6.0 miles |
| Uffculme School | 52.8 | 7.1% | 17.4% | 1,093 | 7.0 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth's | 46.2 | 9.2% | 18.9% | 1,096 | 11.1 miles |
| Kingsmead Academy | 43.8 | 10.7% | 19.1% | 892 | 11.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.21%
- English as an additional language
- 7.2%
- Overall absence
- 13.27%
- Persistent absence
- 36.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tiverton High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Tiverton
-
Cullompton Community College6.0 miles
Secondary · Cullompton
-
Uffculme School7.0 miles
Secondary · Cullompton
-
Queen Elizabeth's11.1 miles
Secondary · Crediton
-
Kingsmead Academy11.9 miles
Secondary · Taunton
Other schools in Tiverton
- Tiverton High School Secondary
- Bampton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bolham Community Primary School Primary
- Burlescombe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Castle Primary School Primary
- East Anstey Primary School Primary
- Halberton Primary School Primary
- Heathcoat Primary School Primary
- Rackenford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary School Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Tiverton High School teach?
- Tiverton High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Tiverton.
- Has Tiverton High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Tiverton High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Tiverton High School?
- Tiverton High School had 1,083 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Tiverton High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.3 in 2022/23 and 38.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Tiverton High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tiverton High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.