Secondary school

Atlantic Academy

  • Free School
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Devon
  • EX39 5DW
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Feb 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,263 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 69%

Top % in England, by year
2017/18: top 85%85%2018/19: top 92%2021/22: top 96%2022/23: top 63%63% · 2022/232023/24: top 92%2024/25: top 69%No exams

Against South West

Attainment 842.1 · South West 45.53/10 Below+23 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths42% · South West 44.2%5/10 Middle+42.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.65 · South West 3.983/10 Below+25.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.30 · South West −0.023/10 Below+10.7 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21Withheld 2016/17

Attainment 8
2016/17: withheld (3 pupils)2017/18: 39.1 · 33 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 36.8 · 36 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 36.2 · 48 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 43.6 · 50 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 35.5 · 55 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 42.1 · 50 pupils · South West 45.4543.635.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: withheld (3 pupils)2017/18: 33% · 33 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 22% · 36 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 13% · 48 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 46% · 50 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 29.1% · 55 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 42% · 50 pupils · South West 44.2%46%13%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
22 of 22 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2222
2nd292
3rd40

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2015–2023

  1. 2015Requires improvementas predecessor
  2. 2017Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026242
Free school meals (past 6 years)34.8%
First language not English0.9%
SEN support26.9%
EHC plan8.8%
Absence (sessions missed)15.0%
Persistently absent pupils42.6%

Girls 45.4%Boys 54.6%

80.7% full · 300 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.3
Pupils per adult9.6
  • Classroom teachers 13.3
  • Leadership 2.5
  • Teaching assistants 6.7
  • Other support 7.8

Teachers 15.8 FTE · Whole workforce 30.3 · 49 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,684
Spend per pupil£10,053
Staff spend per pupil£7,079
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£144,000in-year balance

Grants £10,491 · self-generated £193 · premises £649 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ATHENA LEARNING TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £4,395,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

55 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained85.5%
  • Education70.9%
  • Apprenticeship7.3%
  • Employment7.3%
  • Not sustained12.7%
  • Unknown1.8%