The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Church of England
Address Worth Road
Ilfracombe
Devon
EX34 9JB
Phone 01271863427
Reference Number 139553

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1039
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.93%
Girls: 52.07%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 24.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 92 101 193
8 89 105 194
9 99 92 191
10 89 96 185
11 86 87 173
12 14 31 45
13 29 29 58

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92%
White, Other 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
White & Asian 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
African 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-06-30
Date Description Report
2023-05-10 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-04-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-06-17 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-02-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
50.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 59.2% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 73% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 34.38 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 38.19 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 20.8% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 16 6
Third Preference 1 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior School
Princess Avenue, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9LW
0.27 miles
Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School
Marlborough Road, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8JL
0.34 miles
Berrynarbor Church of England Primary School
Berrynarbor, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9SE
2.29 miles
West Down School
West Down, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8NF
3.23 miles
Combe Martin Primary School
Hangman Path, Combe Martin, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 0DF
3.42 miles
Woolacombe School
Beach Road, Woolacombe, Devon, EX34 7BT
4.43 miles
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