Honiton Community College
School Lane, Honiton, EX14 1QTOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Honiton Community College is a secondary school in Honiton for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 416 schools in Devon. It ranks 31st of 40 secondary schools in Devon. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in May 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025, report published 15 June 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 13 May 2025
Honiton Community College, working closely with the trust, has raised the ambition for what pupils can achieve. Work to improve the quality of education has resulted in pupils achieving more highly in their qualifications. This means that pupils are happy and better prepared for their next steps. The school has created a culture where pupils understand their responsibilities for their own behaviour. Pupils appreciate it when staff follow the school's policy for behaviour consistently. This means that the school is calm, pupils feel safe and they can learn with little disruption. When pupils receive sanctions, steps are taken to help them to learn from these. Consequently, incidents of poor behaviour are reducing over time. A small number of pupils are concerned about bullying. The school actively encourages pupils to report their concerns to trusted adults. The school then takes action to help resolve pupils' worries. Pupils recognise the improvements that have been made at their school. They value leadership opportunities to contribute their views and make a difference. For example, as tutor group MPs and as sports leaders. The varied extra-curricular programme means that more pupils are enjoying new interests such as journalling and strategy games.
What the school should improve
- The curriculum is sometimes not adapted successfully to enable all pupils to securely learn the key content. As a result, some pupils are unable to grasp concepts and do not learn the curriculum as well as they should. The school should ensure that the pedagogies used to implement the curriculum are matched to the needs of all pupils.
- Assessment within the classroom does not help staff accurately identify pupils' starting points or gaps in their knowledge and understanding. This means that some pupils are not provided with sufficient opportunities to build on and extend their learning. Consequently, some pupils do not learn as well as they might. The school should make sure that assessment routines check for understanding and that the curriculum is adapted accordingly in response.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
120 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
637 pupils on roll, with places for 884
Schools near Honiton Community College
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| The King's School | 6 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | Attainment 8: 51.9 |
| Colyton Grammar School | 7 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Attainment 8: 78.8 |
| Sidmouth College | 7 miles | Report card: Expected standard | Attainment 8: 45.9 |
| St John's School | 8 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Attainment 8: 17.7 |
| Axe Valley Academy | 9 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 39.2 |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Brothwood
- Phone
- 0140442283
- Address
- School Lane, Honiton, EX14 1QT
- Local authority
- Devon
- URN
- 136912
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.