Schools in East Devon[1]

Local authority district E07000040 · 69 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 88 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 1 (1%)[4]
second 20%: 12 (14%)[4]
middle 20%: 32 (36%)[4]
fourth 20%: 27 (31%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 16 (18%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	1%[4]	15%[4]	25%[4]	30%[4]	30%[4]
Employment	3%[4]	16%[4]	25%[4]	40%[4]	16%[4]
Education and skills	5%[4]	15%[4]	31%[4]	32%[4]	18%[4]
Health and disability	0%[4]	15%[4]	28%[4]	31%[4]	26%[4]
Crime	1%[4]	6%[4]	9%[4]	22%[4]	63%[4]
Housing and services	38%[4]	32%[4]	20%[4]	9%[4]	1%[4]
Living environment	19%[4]	15%[4]	14%[4]	19%[4]	33%[4]
Children in low-income families	1%[4]	14%[4]	32%[4]	38%[4]	16%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 72.2% of 66,803 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 33.8% of 127,374 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 13.5% of 127,379 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Colyton Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 78 2025/26[8] AL A- 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Axe Valley Academy	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Clyst Vale Community College	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Cranbrook Education Campus	2–16[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8] KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Exmouth Community College	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Honiton Community College	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2023/24[11]
Sidmouth College	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
The King's School	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (55)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Saints Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Awliscombe Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Axminster Community Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Bassetts Farm Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Beer Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 0% 2023/24[12]
Branscombe Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]
Brixington Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Broadclyst Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Broadhembury Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
Clyst Hydon Primary School	4–11[2]
Clyst St Mary Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Colyton Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Drake's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Exeter Road Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 8% 2024/25[10]
Farway Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]
Feniton Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Hawkchurch Church of England School	2–11[2]	KS2 56% 2023/24[12]
Honiton Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Kilmington Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Littleham Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 8% 2024/25[10]
Littletown Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[10]
Lympstone Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Marpool Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Membury Primary Academy	3–11[2]
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Musbury Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 50% 2023/24[12]
Newton Poppleford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Offwell Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Otterton Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 0% 2023/24[12]
Ottery St Mary Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Payhembury Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Plymtree Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 22% 2024/25[10]
Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Seaton Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Shute Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Sidbury Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Sidmouth Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth	2–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
St Martin's CofE Primary & Nursery School	2–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster	4–11[2]	KS2 21% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Stockland Church of England Primary Academy	0–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School	2–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Tipton St John Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Upottery Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
West Hill Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 91% 2024/25[10]
Westclyst Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Whimple Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Woodbury Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
St John's School	2–19[2]
St Peter's Preparatory School	3–13[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
K-HQ	11–18[2]
Mill Water School	3–19[2]
Royal Deaf Education Trust	5–19[2]
The Wildings	7–18[2]

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Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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