Okehampton College
Mill Road, Okehampton, EX20 1PW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DARTMOOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Principal Gareth Smith
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,437
- Pupils on roll
- 1,066
- URN
- 145337
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01837650910
About this school
Okehampton College is a secondary academy in Okehampton. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,066 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 250 | 229 | 201 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.0 | 43.6 | 43.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.18 -0.36 to 0.00 | -0.24 -0.43 to -0.05 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 46.3% | 40.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 62.4% | 61.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 27.5% | 16.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
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 Okehampton 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 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.6 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.2 | 33.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,306 |
| 2023/24 | 1,214 |
| 2024/25 | 1,137 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Okehampton College compares
Okehampton College ranked 29th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% 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 | 43.2 | 11.5% | 20.3% | 1,066 | — |
| Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit | — | 7% | 28% | 420 | 0.5 miles |
| St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School | — | 5.1% | 30.1% | 244 | 0.8 miles |
| South Tawton Primary School | — | 4.6% | 12.2% | 201 | 3.9 miles |
| Exbourne Church of England Primary School | — | 4.8% | 25.8% | 25 | 4.4 miles |
| Boasley Cross Community Primary School | — | 2.5% | 5.7% | 39 | 5.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 16 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.29%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.49%
- Persistent absence
- 33.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit0.5 miles
Primary · Okehampton
-
St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Okehampton
-
South Tawton Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Okehampton
-
Exbourne Church of England Primary School4.4 miles
Primary · Okehampton
-
Boasley Cross Community Primary School5.6 miles
Primary · Okehampton
Other schools in Okehampton
- Boasley Cross Community Primary School Primary
- Bridestowe Primary School Primary
- Exbourne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hatherleigh Community Primary School Primary
- Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lydford Primary School Primary
- Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary School Primary
- Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit Primary
- South Tawton Primary School Primary
- St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School Primary
- The Clinton Church of England Primary School Primary
- The Promise School Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Okehampton College teach?
- Okehampton College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Okehampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Okehampton College?
- The headteacher of Okehampton College is Principal Gareth Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Okehampton College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Okehampton 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 Okehampton College?
- Okehampton College has 1,066 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Okehampton College full?
- Okehampton College has capacity for 1,437 pupils and 1,066 on roll (74%), 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 Okehampton College a faith school?
- No. Okehampton College has no designated religious character.
- Is Okehampton College a selective school?
- No. Okehampton College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Okehampton College?
- Okehampton College is part of DARTMOOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Okehampton College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46 in 2022/23 and 43.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Okehampton College rank locally?
- Okehampton College ranked 29th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% 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 Okehampton College's absence rate?
- Okehampton College's overall absence rate is 11.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Okehampton College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Okehampton 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 10 July 2026.