Sidmouth College
Primley Road, Sidmouth, EX10 9LG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Alex Evans
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 825
- URN
- 149602
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01395514823
About this school
Sidmouth College is a secondary academy in Sidmouth. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 825 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 150 | 142 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.9 | 45.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.24 -0.47 to -0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 54.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 72.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 18% | 9.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 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 Sidmouth 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 | — | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.9 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.9 | 33.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 871 |
| 2024/25 | 853 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sidmouth College compares
Sidmouth College ranked 20th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.9 | 7.7% | 23.8% | 825 | — |
| The King's School | 51.9 | 8.3% | 14.9% | 1,097 | 4.5 miles |
| Colyton Grammar School | 78.8 | 5.1% | 7.4% | 1,083 | 7.3 miles |
| Honiton Community College | 40.4 | 11.7% | 23% | 637 | 7.4 miles |
| Exmouth Community College | 46.1 | 10.7% | 23.5% | 2,031 | 9.0 miles |
| Clyst Vale Community College | 44.5 | 9.1% | 23% | 944 | 10.0 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.82%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.74%
- Persistent absence
- 21.59%
Location
Nearby schools
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The King's School4.5 miles
Secondary · Ottery St Mary
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Colyton Grammar School7.3 miles
Secondary · Colyton
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Honiton Community College7.4 miles
Secondary · Honiton
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Exmouth Community College9.0 miles
Secondary · Exmouth
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Clyst Vale Community College10.0 miles
Secondary · Exeter
Other schools in Sidmouth
- Newton Poppleford Primary School Primary
- Sidmouth Church of England Primary School Primary
- Tipton St John Church of England Primary School Primary
- St John's School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Sidmouth College teach?
- Sidmouth College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Sidmouth.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Sidmouth College?
- The acting headteacher of Sidmouth College is Mr Alex Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sidmouth College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sidmouth 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 Sidmouth College?
- Sidmouth College has 825 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Sidmouth College full?
- Sidmouth College has capacity for 900 pupils and 825 on roll (92%), 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 Sidmouth College a faith school?
- No. Sidmouth College has no designated religious character.
- Is Sidmouth College a selective school?
- No. Sidmouth College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Sidmouth College?
- Sidmouth 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 Sidmouth College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.9 in 2023/24 and 45.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sidmouth College rank locally?
- Sidmouth College ranked 20th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sidmouth College's absence rate?
- Sidmouth College's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sidmouth College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sidmouth 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.