Other independent special school

Belong School Devon

Mixed · ages 11–17Devon, South West · Exeter EX2 8PUSchool website
Pupils on roll
66of 75 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
18
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Belong School Devon’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish add up to 6% of the year group, and 0% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

Belong School Devon is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 12.8, 11% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBelong School DevonDevonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)12.845.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths11%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths17%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%37%41%
EBacc average point score0.714.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort22%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language6%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 Language1267%89%0%20%33%
Mathematics1267%88%0%22%25%
Combined Science739%65%14%9%14%
Statistics739%5%0%20%43%
Art and Design739%7%0%24%43%
Citizenship Studies317%3%19%
Physics317%23%46%
English Literature211%86%21%
Geography16%41%25%
History16%41%26%
Spanish16%19%27%
Biology16%23%45%

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.