Atlantic Academy
Free schools · 242 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Foundation special school
Bidwell Brook School
- Pupils on roll
- 151of 140 places
- Free school meals
- 51.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 15
- Ofsted
- Report card, 24 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bidwell Brook School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Bidwell Brook School’s own sixth form (Devon average 23%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bidwell Brook School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 10 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
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
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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.