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Uffculme School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,093of 940 places
- Free school meals
- 18.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 219
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 28 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Uffculme School (URN 113560, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
Uffculme School has no sixth form. Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 26% moved to a sixth form college, 57% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Devon, with 58% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 71% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.
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 | Uffculme School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 208 | 7,192 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 23% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 26% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 57% | 56% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Uffculme School | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.8 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.39 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.2 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.2 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 219 | 100% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 86% |
| English Language | 219 | 100% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 85% |
| English Literature | 216 | 99% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 79% |
| Religious Studies | 202 | 92% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 79% |
| Biology | 156 | 71% | 23% | 22% | 45% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 156 | 71% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 80% |
| Physics | 156 | 71% | 23% | 18% | 46% | 81% |
| Geography | 104 | 47% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 61 | 28% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 49% |
| History | 57 | 26% | 41% | 30% | 26% | 72% |
| Media Studies | 56 | 26% | 4% | 32% | 20% | 88% |
| Physical Education | 50 | 23% | 11% | 40% | 24% | 82% |
| German | 49 | 22% | 5% | 22% | 33% | 78% |
| Fine Art | 48 | 22% | 9% | 25% | 28% | 85% |
| French | 36 | 16% | 18% | 33% | 29% | 83% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 15% | 8% | 24% | 21% | 79% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 14% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 77% |
| Drama | 28 | 13% | 7% | 46% | 27% | 96% |
| Music | 21 | 10% | 5% | 24% | 33% | 95% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 9% | 13% | 15% | 30% | 65% |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 30 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 28 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Devon
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Bideford College
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71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Braunton Academy
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Chulmleigh Community College
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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.