Dartmouth Academy
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Academy sponsor led in Dartmouth, TQ6 9HW, taking ages 3 to 19, 435 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2024/25 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Dartmouth Academy lived 2.987870804180596 miles away, according to Devon. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026, with offers on 1 March 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 2.987870804180596 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 435 pupils in 810 places (54% full) |
| Trust | EDUCATION SOUTH WEST |
| Local authority | Devon |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 14 June 2023 |
| Attainment 8 | 45.3 (2024/25) |
| Meeting the expected standard | 70.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | -0.47 |
| 2022/23 | -0.39 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Dartmouth Academy
| Girls and boys | 50.1% girls, 49.9% boys |
| English as an additional language | 8.7% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 26.4% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Dartmouth Academy's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 7.3% |
| Sixth-form college | 0.0% |
| Further education college | 70.7% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% |
| Employment | 2.4% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 7.3% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Dartmouth Academy
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school →
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 2.987870804180596 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is TQ6 at £305,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| TQ6 | South Hams | 0.2 mi | £305,000 96 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Dartmouth Academy against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around TQ6: ages, selection, and how full each one is →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Dartmouth Academy?
Dartmouth Academy does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 2.987870804180596 miles away, per Devon.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Dartmouth Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 2.987870804180596 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Dartmouth Academy guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Devon school's distance
All Devon schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
Admission distance published by Devon. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.