Cranbrook Education Campus

Cranbrook Education Campus has been rated as good overall, demonstrating solid performance across multiple domains including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school provides a nurturing and safe environment, encouraging pupils to uphold values that foster kindness and respect. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, with effective assessment practices that identify and address gaps in knowledge. However, some concerns were highlighted regarding inconsistencies in subject knowledge among primary phase teachers and limited opportunities for pupils to engage in discussions to deepen their understanding.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and safe in a positive learning environment.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and extra-curricular activities.
• Pupils receive support in building reading skills from an early age.
• Curriculum is ambitious with effective assessment practices.
• Leaders manage staff workload effectively and support new teachers.

Areas for Improvement

• Some primary phase teachers lack the subject expertise to implement the curriculum successfully.
• Limited opportunities for pupils to discuss and debate subject content.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.5% of pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cranbrook Education Campus had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.8% of pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Cranbrook Education Campus received £6,706 and spent £7,001 for each of its 1,058 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £720,000 (£681 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,641 and spending £7,750 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Exeter · Devon local authority: places and applications

Cranbrook Education Campus is part of The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• St Luke's Church of England School Exeter
• St James School Exeter
• Whipton Barton Junior School Exeter
• Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School Exeter
• Isca Academy Exeter
• West Exe School Exeter
• Exwick Heights Primary School Exeter
• Matford Brook Academy Exeter
• Sidmouth College Sidmouth
• Exmouth Community College Exmouth

What is Cranbrook Education Campus's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cranbrook Education Campus is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Cranbrook Education Campus last inspected by Ofsted?

Cranbrook Education Campus was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Cranbrook Education Campus have?

Cranbrook Education Campus has 1,066 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cranbrook Education Campus cover?

Cranbrook Education Campus for pupils aged 2 to 16.

What are Cranbrook Education Campus's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.2, and 33% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are Cranbrook Education Campus's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cranbrook Education Campus?

Cranbrook Education Campus is at Tillhouse Road, Cranbrook, Cranbrook Education Campus, Exeter, Devon, EX5 7EE.