Cullompton Community College
Exeter Road, Cullompton, EX15 1DX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr James Loten
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Blackdown Education Partnership
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 751
- Pupils on roll
- 746
- URN
- 151057
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0188433364
About this school
Cullompton Community College is a secondary academy in Cullompton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 746 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Cullompton Community College (URN 113502).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 152 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 19.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 |
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.
How Cullompton Community College compares
Cullompton Community College ranked 25th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.1 | 10.6% | 18.6% | 746 | — |
| Uffculme School | 52.8 | 7.1% | 17.4% | 1,093 | 4.7 miles |
| Tiverton High School | — | — | — | — | 6.0 miles |
| Clyst Vale Community College | 44.5 | 9.1% | 23% | 944 | 6.7 miles |
| The King's School | 51.9 | 8.3% | 14.9% | 1,097 | 8.3 miles |
| St James School | 46.9 | 8.8% | 27.5% | 985 | 9.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.57%
- English as an additional language
- 10.9%
- Overall absence
- 10.6%
- Persistent absence
- 27.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Uffculme School4.7 miles
Secondary · Cullompton
-
Tiverton High School6.0 miles
Secondary · Tiverton
-
Clyst Vale Community College6.7 miles
Secondary · Exeter
-
The King's School8.3 miles
Secondary · Ottery St Mary
-
St James School9.0 miles
Secondary · Exeter
Other schools in Cullompton
- Uffculme School Secondary
- Clyst Hydon Primary School Primary
- Culmstock Primary School Primary
- Hemyock Primary School Primary
- Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School Primary
- Plymtree Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's Primary School Primary
- Uffculme Primary School Primary
- Willand School Primary
- Willowbank Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cullompton Community College teach?
- Cullompton Community College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cullompton.
- Who is the headteacher of Cullompton Community College?
- The headteacher of Cullompton Community College is Mr James Loten, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cullompton Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cullompton 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 Cullompton Community College?
- Cullompton Community College has 746 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Cullompton Community College full?
- Cullompton Community College has capacity for 751 pupils and 746 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cullompton Community College a faith school?
- No. Cullompton Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Cullompton Community College a selective school?
- No. Cullompton Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Cullompton Community College?
- Cullompton Community College is part of BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Cullompton Community College rank locally?
- Cullompton Community College ranked 25th of 40 secondary schools in Devon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cullompton Community College's absence rate?
- Cullompton Community College's overall absence rate is 10.6% in the latest published census.
- What are Cullompton Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cullompton 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 10 July 2026.