Dawlish College

Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, EX7 0BY

782 pupils · 87% of 900 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Admissions
Non-selective
Trust
IVY EDUCATION TRUST
Local authority
Devon
Free school meals
30.6%

Ofsted

Standards maintained (2024)Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 27 November 2024, published 19 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score38.9
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)25%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)56.3%
Entering the English Baccalaureate16.1%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry129122168129
Sept 2025 entry125122160125
Sept 2024 entry147145204147
Sept 2023 entry169166235169
Sept 2022 entry171172215171
Sept 2021 entry144131181139
Sept 2020 entry110102148108

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.