Colyton Grammar School, Colyton

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted to welcome you to Colyton Grammar School. In 1546 our school was established "for the goodly and virtuous education of children forever". Today, Colyton Grammar School continues to be a non-fee paying, high performing school for academically able boys and girls."

In 2026, pupils at Colyton Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 78.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Devon and 47 across England.

99% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Devon and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 78.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.99: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Colyton Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 196 families put Colyton Grammar School as their first choice and 228 named it as one of their preferences, for 158 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 39 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Colyton Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Colyton Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Devon's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Of the 150 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 10% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 144 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education and 30% into work. 69% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 31 pupils (2.9%) received SEN support and 6 (0.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Colyford Station (Seaton Tramway), about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Colyton School (reception), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Colyton Grammar School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Colyton Grammar School issued 20 suspensions, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Colyton Grammar School are Colyton Primary Academy (0.8 miles) and Seaton Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.