State-fundedFurther education · Torbay · TQ4 7EJ
Secondary with sixth form · ages 14–99
South Devon College is a state-funded school in Torbay, teaching pupils aged 14 to 99.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -1.261st percentile | -1.072nd percentile | -0.786th percentile | -1.042nd percentile |
| Attainment 8 | 33.512th percentile | 36.818th percentile | 38.617th percentile | 36.316th percentile |
Progress 8 for 2023–24 was -1.26 — well below average, the 1st percentile nationally. On average pupils left with grades about 1.26 of a grade per subject lower than pupils across England who had the same results at the end of primary school.
The 95% confidence interval for 2023–24 runs -1.53 to -0.98. That sits entirely below zero, so the below-average result is very unlikely to be chance. It has fallen in each of the years shown (2021–22 to 2023–24) — worth asking the school about at an open evening.
Attainment 8 is the average grade pupils leave with across eight GCSEs; it tells you where they ended up, and tracks the intake a school admits as much as anything the school does. Progress 8 compares those grades with pupils nationally who had the same results at the end of primary school, so it is the better measure of what a school added.
| Grade 5+ in English & Maths | 32%29th percentile |
|---|---|
| EBacc average point score | 2.7813th percentile |
A school can post a respectable overall score while coasting one group and carrying the average on another. The row that matters to you is the one your own child sits in.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower starters | -0.78 | -0.37 | -0.74 | -0.63 |
| Middle starters | -1.13 | -1.04 | -0.62 | -0.93 |
| Higher starters | -2.17 | -1.72 | -2.38 | -2.09 |
Not published — this school has no applications and offers figures in the Department for Education data.
Not published — this school has no attendance figures in the Department for Education data.
Not inspected, or no grade in the published data
Around half of schools currently have no grade here — usually recently opened schools, or academies whose last full inspection was under a predecessor URN.
The GCSE results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, which describes pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers where pupils go next, A-level or sixth-form results, pastoral care, how far a school pushes music, sport or drama, or how it feels to walk around — and those are the things parents most often say settled it. Visit at an open evening before you rank a school.
Nor is any of it a prediction of a place. Whether your child is offered one depends on the school's admission criteria and, most often, on how far you live from the gate.
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