Kingsley School Devon
Other independent school · Mixed · Devon
Northdown Road, Bideford, EX39 3LY
52
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
447
Capacity used
Has space77%
580 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Inter- / non- denominational
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Robert Pavis
- Address
- Northdown Road, Bideford, EX39 3LY
- Phone
- 01237426200
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward / constituency
- Bideford North · Torridge and Tavistock
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 113604
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
447 pupils · 580 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 36.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 33% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 42% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.64 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.00 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 36.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 45.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 56.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 22.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 48 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.41 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 28.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 20 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 42 | 19% | 64% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 36 | 25% | 53% | 81% | |
| English Language | 36 | 19% | 61% | 78% | |
| English Literature | 29 | 24% | 66% | 76% | |
| Geography | 21 | 29% | 71% | 95% | |
| Spanish | 14 | 64% | 93% | 93% | |
| History | 11 | 55% | 55% | 64% | |
| Drama | 6 | 83% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 6 | 50% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 10 | 20% | 30% | 40% | |
| Biology | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Geography | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| Physics | 6 | 17% | 50% | 50% | |
| Psychology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chinese | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Photography | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 17561: Kingsley School Devon
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.