# Glendinning Academy

Glendinning Academy is a special school in Teignbridge, for pupils aged 7 to 19.

It had 131 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E147840. [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Free schools special
- Ages: 7 to 19
- Pupils: 131
- Council: Teignbridge
- URN: 147840

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), July 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 3 July 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Glendinning Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Devon and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Glendinning Academy was 28.4, against 42.5 in Teignbridge and 46.2 in England.
27.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Devon | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 104 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Teignbridge | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 28.4 | 42.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27.8% | 37.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38.9% | 57.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 18 | – | – |

Glendinning Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Haytor View Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/haytor-view-community-primary-school-e152174): 130 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2023, before the school changed
- [All Saints Marsh CofE Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-marsh-cofe-academy-e142251): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Decoy Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/decoy-primary-school-e113209): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bearnes Voluntary Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bearnes-voluntary-primary-school-e142649): 1.3 km. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [South Devon UTC](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-devon-utc-e141749): 1.4 km. Secondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 24.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wolborough-church-of-england-nursery-and-primary-school-e150060): 1.6 km. Primary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147840)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147840)

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