Tavistock College, Tavistock

In 2026, pupils at Tavistock College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Devon and 47 across England.

33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Devon and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.6 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 34.8, against 46.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.8 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 150 families put Tavistock College as their first choice and 203 named it as one of their preferences, for 169 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Tavistock College is one of 19 schools run by Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 239 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 27% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 95 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 32% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 40% into work. 15% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Gunnislake Rail Station, about 3.4 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tavistock College (n-bound), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 56 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Devon (16), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Tavistock College issued 344 suspensions, 27.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tavistock College are Tavistock Primary & Nursery School (0.2 miles), St Rumon's Church of England Infants School (0.8 miles), Whitchurch Community Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Peter's Church of England Junior School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.