Secondary
Tavistock College
Crowndale Road, Tavistock, PL19 8DD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1200 of 1982 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
- Local authority
- Devon
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- DARTMOOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 122.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 1,297
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
33%
41.6
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.71 |
| Entered the EBacc | 46% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% |
| A level average points per entry | 33.7 |
| A level students | 107 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 34% |
| 24/25 | 33% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.4 |
| 22/23 | 35.7 |
| 23/24 | 29.8 |
| 24/25 | 33.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.23 |
| 22/23 | -0.32 |
| 23/24 | -0.20 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.4 |
| 22/23 | 42.6 |
| 23/24 | 42.8 |
| 24/25 | 41.6 |
Crowndale Road, Tavistock, PL19 8DD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Devon admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Buchanan
- Address
- Crowndale Road, Tavistock, PL19 8DD
- Telephone
- 01822614231