The King's School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in East Devon, Devon. The school has 1,108 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 14 January 2025. The Headteacher is Rob Gammon. The school is administered by Devon local authority. It belongs to THE KING'S SCHOOL OTTERY ST MARY. It opened in 1 April 2011.
Applications for places at The King's School are handled by the school or the local authority (Devon). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
51.9
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.34
Progress 8 · 2023-24
56%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
79%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.45
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
21%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.