Cranbrook Education Campus
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Devon
Tillhouse Road, Exeter, EX5 7EE
65
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 21/05/2024
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.0%
19.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,066
Capacity used
Over capacity105%
1,020 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
59 of 70 families who put it first got an offer
61
Places offered
105
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 70 | 59 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 24 | 2 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 11 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 105 | 61 | 58% |
1st preference success by year
Devon lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 2–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stephen Farmer
- Address
- Tillhouse Road, Cranbrook, Exeter, EX5 7EE
- Phone
- 01404823293
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward / constituency
- Cranbrook · Exmouth and Exeter East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141514
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
1,066 pupils · 1,020 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
21 May 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 943 pupils
Attendance
93.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 67% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 8% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.30 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 66% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 2% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 44.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 68.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 71.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.49 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 77 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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 | 74 | 19% | 51% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 74 | 28% | 59% | 80% | |
| English Language | 74 | 18% | 57% | 77% | |
| Statistics | 73 | 22% | 45% | 73% | |
| English Literature | 69 | 25% | 49% | 74% | |
| French | 54 | 20% | 52% | 59% | |
| History | 50 | 12% | 28% | 46% | |
| Geography | 21 | 33% | 52% | 76% | |
| Art and Design | 16 | 0% | 25% | 25% | |
| Computer Science | 14 | 29% | 57% | 57% | |
| Polish | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chinese | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Devon council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.