Newton Abbot College, Newton Abbot

From the headteacher's welcome: "We hope that, whatever your reason for ‘visiting’, you not only find what you are looking for, but you also manage to get a flavour of our great college."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Newton Abbot College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Devon and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Devon and 47% in England.

That is up from 40.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.2: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.1, against 47.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 176 families put Newton Abbot College as their first choice and 330 named it as one of their preferences, for 198 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Newton Abbot College are Coombeshead Academy (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); South Devon UTC (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 24.5); Teign School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.5); and Torquay Boys' Grammar School (4.7 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 70).

Newton Abbot College's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Newton Abbot College is one of 8 schools run by Ivy Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.9 in 2024/25.

111 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Newton Abbot College (as of September 2025): 65% would recommend the school, 69% say their child is happy there and 39% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (77%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (39%).

Of the 245 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 57% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 71 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 25% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 45% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Newton Abbot Rail Station, about 1130 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is College 6th Form Centre (n-bound), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 175 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Devon (16), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Newton Abbot College issued 489 suspensions, 40.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Newton Abbot College are Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School (0.2 miles), St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School (0.3 miles) and Bearnes Voluntary Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.