Honiton Community College
School Lane, Honiton, EX14 1QT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Caroline Brothwood
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 884
- Pupils on roll
- 637
- URN
- 136912
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0140442283
About this school
Honiton Community College is a secondary academy in Honiton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 637 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 130 | 122 | 120 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.6 | 45.6 | 40.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.11 -0.14 to +0.36 | -0.13 -0.39 to +0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 39.3% | 35.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 61.5% | 54.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 8.2% | 26.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
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 Honiton Community College 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 | 46.6 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.6 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.4 | 33.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 731 |
| 2023/24 | 746 |
| 2024/25 | 691 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Honiton Community College compares
Honiton Community College ranked 34th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.4 | 11.7% | 23% | 637 | — |
| The King's School | 51.9 | 8.3% | 14.9% | 1,097 | 5.7 miles |
| Colyton Grammar School | 78.8 | 5.1% | 7.4% | 1,083 | 7.3 miles |
| Sidmouth College | 45.9 | 7.7% | 23.8% | 825 | 7.4 miles |
| Axe Valley Academy | 39.2 | 11.7% | 30% | 741 | 8.6 miles |
| Cullompton Community College | 45.1 | 10.6% | 18.6% | 746 | 9.5 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)
- 22.97%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.66%
- Persistent absence
- 30.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The King's School5.7 miles
Secondary · Ottery St Mary
-
Colyton Grammar School7.3 miles
Secondary · Colyton
-
Sidmouth College7.4 miles
Secondary · Sidmouth
-
Axe Valley Academy8.6 miles
Secondary · Axminster
-
Cullompton Community College9.5 miles
Secondary · Cullompton
Other schools in Honiton
- Awliscombe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broadhembury Church of England Primary School Primary
- Feniton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Honiton Primary School Primary
- Littletown Primary Academy Primary
- Offwell Church of England Primary School Primary
- Stockland Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Upottery Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Honiton Community College teach?
- Honiton Community College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Honiton.
- Who is the principal of Honiton Community College?
- The principal of Honiton Community College is Mrs Caroline Brothwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Honiton Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Honiton Community College, 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 Honiton Community College?
- Honiton Community College has 637 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Honiton Community College full?
- Honiton Community College has capacity for 884 pupils and 637 on roll (72%), 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 Honiton Community College a faith school?
- No. Honiton Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Honiton Community College a selective school?
- No. Honiton Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Honiton Community College?
- Honiton Community College is part of THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Honiton Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.6 in 2022/23 and 40.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Honiton Community College rank locally?
- Honiton Community College ranked 34th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Honiton Community College's absence rate?
- Honiton Community College's overall absence rate is 11.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Honiton Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Honiton Community College'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.