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Holsworthy Community College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formDevon, South West · Holsworthy EX22 6JDTrust: Dartmoor Multi Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
551of 750 places
Free school meals
34.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
85
Ofsted
School remains Good, 15 June 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Holsworthy Community College (URN 113511, until 1 February 2018).

What the data says

Holsworthy Community College has no sixth form. Of the 116 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.

Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.

12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils 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.

Holsworthy Community College
Devon
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHolsworthy Community CollegeDevonEngland
Pupils in the cohort1167,192607,348
Any sustained destination86%92%92%
Stayed in education68%82%86%
— school sixth form5%23%34%
— sixth form college22%2%13%
— further education college41%56%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship10%6%3%
Employment8%4%3%
No sustained destination12%6%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureHolsworthy Community CollegeDevonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)39.945.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects17%37%41%
EBacc average point score3.294.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort28%22%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.732.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils41.649.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language1%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language85100%89%15%20%67%
Mathematics8499%88%8%22%71%
English Literature7285%86%13%21%71%
Combined Science5464%65%0%9%33%
History4755%41%15%26%62%
Biology3136%23%13%45%84%
Chemistry3035%23%10%47%80%
Physics3035%23%13%46%83%
Art and Design2934%7%28%24%76%
Physical Education1821%11%6%24%78%
Geography1720%41%18%25%71%
French1619%18%38%29%81%
Design and Technology1518%11%13%23%60%
Computer Science1012%13%0%30%40%
Statistics11%5%20%
Portuguese11%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies16
Computer Appreciation / Introduction16
Sports Studies13
Tourism10
Music performance: Group10
Childcare Skills3

Other secondary schools in Devon

Atlantic Academy

Free schools · 242 pupils

80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1

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

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.