Royal Deaf Education Trust
1 Douglas Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2AU
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Interim Principal
- Mr Sylvan Dewing
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 49
- URN
- 113654
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01395203130
About this school
Royal Deaf Education Trust is a special school in Exmouth. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 49 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Royal Deaf Education Trust, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Royal Deaf Education Trust has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 16.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 48 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.43%
- English as an additional language
- 39.6%
- Overall absence
- 16.57%
- Persistent absence
- 44.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Royal Deaf Education Trust0.0 miles
Other types · Exmouth
-
St Peter's Preparatory School2.5 miles
Independent schools
-
Chances Educational Support Services3.1 miles
Independent schools · Dawlish
-
Oakwood Specialist College3.4 miles
Other types · Dawlish
-
Education and Care (Devon) Ltd At 7-9 Oak Park Villas3.4 miles
Other types · Dawlish
Other schools in Exmouth
- Royal Deaf Education Trust Other types
- Bassetts Farm Primary School Primary
- Brixington Primary Academy Primary
- Exeter Road Community Primary School Primary
- Littleham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lympstone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Marpool Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth Primary
- The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School Primary
- Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School Primary
- Exmouth Community College Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Royal Deaf Education Trust teach?
- Royal Deaf Education Trust teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Exmouth.
- Who is the interim principal of Royal Deaf Education Trust?
- The interim principal of Royal Deaf Education Trust is Mr Sylvan Dewing, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Royal Deaf Education Trust been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Royal Deaf Education Trust, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Royal Deaf Education Trust?
- Royal Deaf Education Trust has 49 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is Royal Deaf Education Trust full?
- Royal Deaf Education Trust has capacity for 150 pupils and 49 on roll (33%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Royal Deaf Education Trust a faith school?
- No. Royal Deaf Education Trust has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Royal Deaf Education Trust have?
- The schools register lists Royal Deaf Education Trust's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Royal Deaf Education Trust's absence rate?
- Royal Deaf Education Trust's overall absence rate is 16.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Royal Deaf Education Trust's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Royal Deaf Education Trust'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.