The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy

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

Description

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The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy is a renowned coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, nestled in the North Devon town of Ilfracombe, England. Established in 1970 as a comprehensive school and converted to academy status in 2013, the academy's religious affiliation is with the Church of England. It caters to students aged 11 to 18, with an enrollment of 1,094. Originally known as Ilfracombe School & Community College, it was the nation's first purpose-built comprehensive school. Since then, its facilities have included a television studio with editing suite, and it gained specialist college status in Media Arts in 2004. The school builds on a rich history and offers a well-rounded education, including arts programs that culminated in the construction of a £3.4 million arts block called the Beacon Arts Centre. The academy's principal is Steve Rogers, who has served since 2019. The school's color scheme is blue, red, green, and yellow.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1097
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.22%
Girls: 51.78%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 201
8 208
9 200
10 183
11 174
12 75
13 56

Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
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)
42.6 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 38% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 54% Upgrade Upgrade

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)
-0.55 Upgrade Upgrade

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:

GCSE Results

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.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 12 0
Third Preference 1 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

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