Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road
Exeter Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 9HZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- IVY EDUCATION TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Rachel Wickham
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 748
- URN
- 136495
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01626774091
About this school
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road is a secondary academy in Teignmouth. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 748 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 | 191 | 173 | 136 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.6 | 39.8 | 42.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.42 -0.63 to -0.22 | -0.41 -0.63 to -0.20 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 37% | 37.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 54.3% | 62.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 39% | 37% | 17.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
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 Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road 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 | 43.6 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.8 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.3 | 33.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 957 |
| 2023/24 | 942 |
| 2024/25 | 830 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road compares
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road ranked 30th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.3 | 11% | 25.4% | 748 | — |
| Dawlish College | 38.9 | 11.4% | 29.3% | 782 | 2.8 miles |
| Teign School | 44.7 | 9.8% | 20.8% | 1,111 | 4.4 miles |
| South Devon UTC | 25.7 | 18% | 35.5% | 184 | 4.8 miles |
| St Cuthbert Mayne School | 39.7 | 11.4% | 41.2% | 1,001 | 4.9 miles |
| Newton Abbot College | 40.5 | 9.9% | 25.3% | 1,108 | 5.1 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)
- 25.38%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.97%
- Persistent absence
- 31.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dawlish College2.8 miles
Secondary · Dawlish
-
Teign School4.4 miles
Secondary · Newton Abbot
-
South Devon UTC4.8 miles
Secondary · Newton Abbot
-
St Cuthbert Mayne School4.9 miles
Secondary · Torquay
-
Newton Abbot College5.1 miles
Secondary · Newton Abbot
Other schools in Teignmouth
- Bishopsteignton School Primary
- Hazeldown School Primary
- Our Lady and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Shaldon Primary School Primary
- Teignmouth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road teach?
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Teignmouth.
- Who is the principal of Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road?
- The principal of Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road is Mrs Rachel Wickham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road?
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road has 748 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road full?
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 748 on roll (62%), 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 Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road a faith school?
- No. Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road has no designated religious character.
- Is Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road a selective school?
- No. Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road?
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road is part of IVY EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.6 in 2022/23 and 42.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road rank locally?
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road ranked 30th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road's absence rate?
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road's overall absence rate is 11% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road'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 1 July 2026.