Sands School
Other independent school · Mixed · Devon
48 East Street, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7AX
17
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
67
Capacity used
Has space80%
84 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sean Bellamy
- Address
- 48 East Street, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7AX
- Phone
- 01364653666
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward / constituency
- Ashburton & Buckfastleigh · Central Devon
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 113619
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 34% | — | — |
67 pupils · 84 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 | 11.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 0.67 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | — | — | — |
Average grade: NE (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 14.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 10 | 10% | 70% | 80% | |
| Physics | 9 | 0% | 56% | 89% | |
| Art and Design | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 57% | 100% | |
| Social Studies | 7 | 0% | 71% | 86% | |
| Spanish | 6 | 33% | 100% | 100% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design & Technology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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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.