West Buckland School
Other independent school · Mixed · Devon
Barnstaple, EX32 0SX
75
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
499
Capacity used
Has space53%
933 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Helen Lowe
- Address
- West Buckland, Barnstaple, EX32 0SX
- Phone
- 01598760000
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward / constituency
- North Molton · North Devon
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 113606
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 31% | — | — |
499 pupils · 933 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).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 78% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.78 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.83 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 69.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 8.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 81 | — |
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 | 39.64 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 28.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 76 | — |
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 | 75 | 43% | 85% | 96% | |
| English Language | 68 | 46% | 85% | 96% | |
| English Literature | 68 | 34% | 81% | 91% | |
| Biology | 58 | 40% | 76% | 90% | |
| Chemistry | 54 | 41% | 67% | 89% | |
| Physics | 42 | 48% | 93% | 98% | |
| Geography | 40 | 55% | 83% | 93% | |
| Business | 37 | 49% | 92% | 92% | |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 42% | 92% | 96% | |
| Spanish | 21 | 48% | 71% | 86% | |
| Physical Education | 20 | 40% | 75% | 80% | |
| Drama | 19 | 42% | 95% | 95% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 20 | 10% | 35% | 60% | |
| Biology | 19 | 16% | 32% | 74% | |
| Psychology | 19 | 16% | 26% | 63% | |
| Mathematics | 19 | 21% | 63% | 84% | |
| Business Studies | 19 | 5% | 11% | 53% | |
| Fine Art | 14 | 21% | 43% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 10 | 20% | 40% | 80% | |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 22% | 44% | 44% | |
| Physics | 8 | 13% | 25% | 75% | |
| Chinese | 6 | 0% | 83% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 6 | 0% | 50% | 50% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 10432: West Buckland School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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.