Atlantic Academy
Free schools · 242 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Other independent school · independent
Sands School
- Pupils on roll
- 67of 84 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 20
- Ofsted
- Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where Sands School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Devon and England.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Sands School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 14.3 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.80 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 10 | 50% | 23% | 10% | 45% | 80% |
| Physics | 9 | 45% | 23% | 0% | 46% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 35% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 100% |
| Psychology | 7 | 35% | 3% | 0% | 22% | 86% |
| Spanish | 6 | 30% | 19% | 33% | 27% | 100% |
| Photography | 5 | 25% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Geography | 5 | 25% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
| Art and Design | 3 | 15% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Design and Technology | 2 | 10% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| History | 1 | 5% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| French | 1 | 5% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 5% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Computer Science | 1 | 5% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
Where Sands School is
Other secondary schools in Devon are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Devon’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Devon
Axe Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 741 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
Bideford College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,455 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Braunton Academy
Academy converter · 828 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
Chulmleigh Community College
Academy converter · 735 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.1
Clyst Vale Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 944 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.