SCHOOL PROFILE

Colyton Grammar School: data, trends and context

Colyton Grammar School is a secondary school in Devon. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136366
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Devon
Region
South West
Trust
COLYTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
EX24 6HN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,083
FSM eligible
8.3%
EAL / First language other than English
12.9%
SEND (total)
3.4%
SEN Support
2.9%
EHCP
0.55%
White British
70.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
94.9%
Overall absence
5.1%
Persistent absence
18.8%
Severe absence
0.76%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DevonLocal authority89.8%10.2%3.5%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
1.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
1.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
78.8
English & maths grade 5+
98.7%
English & maths grade 4+
99.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Colyton Grammar School is a secondary school in Devon. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.