Braunton Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in North Devon, Devon. The school has 840 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 5 March 2025. The Headteacher is Fay Bowler. The school is administered by Devon local authority. It belongs to BRAUNTON SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 April 2012.
School details
Headteacher
Fay Bowler
Trust
BRAUNTON SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
Applications for places at Braunton Academy 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)
53.7
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.22
Progress 8 · 2023-24
61%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
80%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.62
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
32%
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.