Coombeshead Academy
Contact details
Address
Telephone
01626-201800
Fax
01626-201810
Principal
Mrs Helen Coulson
SENCO
Clare Bamford
Website
Location
School details
DfE number
878/4112
School type
School sector
Type of school
Academy School
Local learning community
District
Age range
11-18
Performance
Trust details
This school is part of Education South West
Other schools in this trust
Admissions details
Contact
Sandra Betts
Feeder school(s)
- Abbotskerswell Primary School
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School
- Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit
- Canada Hill Community Primary School
- Decoy Primary School
- Denbury Primary School
- Haytor View Community Primary School
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School
- Ipplepen Primary School
- Kingskerswell Church of England Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- Wolborough Church Of England Nursery and Primary School
Number on roll
January 2023
789 and 100 in sixth form
January 2022
1063
Places offered for admission in
September 2023
199
September 2022
164
Appeals for admission in
September 2023
0
September 2022
0
Published Admission Number
2024-25
210 in year 7, 30 in year 12
2023-24
210 in year 7, 30 in year 12
Document(s)
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Oversubscription Criteria 2023-24 Please refer to the full policy for definitions.
- Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Priority will next be given to children based on their exceptional medical or social needs or those of their parents.
- Priority will next be given to children living within the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area.
- Priority will next be given to children living outside the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living outside the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to children of members of staff who have been employed at this school for more than two years or recruited within the past two years to fill a vacancy for which there was a skills shortage.
- Priority will next be given to other children.
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Oversubscription Criteria 2024-25 Please refer to the full policy for definitions.
- Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Priority will next be given to children based on their exceptional medical or social needs or those of their parents.
- Priority will next be given to children living within the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living within the catchment area.
- Priority will next be given to children living outside the catchment area, who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school.
- Priority will next be given to other children living outside the catchment area, on roll at a named linked school.
- Priority will next be given to children of members of staff who have been employed at this school for more than two years or recruited within the past two years to fill a vacancy for which there was a skills shortage.
- Priority will next be given to other children.
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Open day information Autumn 2023 Please contact the school office for details of open mornings / evenings.
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Admissions notes Not all parts of the catchment area attract free transport on designated school grounds. There is a separate admissions policy for entry to sixth form. The PAN relates to students who wish to transfer into Year 12. Pupils in Year 11 do not have to make a formal application to stay on in Year 12 but do have to meet the same academic criteria to access courses as external students. Priority for children at a feeder school applies only during the normal round of admissions before the start of September in new Year 7. It no longer applies for the 2018-19 academic year. Priority for children at a feeder school applies only during the normal round of admissions before the start of September in new Year 7.
Term dates
Key:
Autumn term
Spring term
Summer term
Non pupil days
Holidays / Bank holidays
Weekend
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2024 / 2025 Academic Year
September 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 October 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 November 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 December 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 June 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 July 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Count: 188
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2025 / 2026 Academic Year
Currently no published term dates for this school year.