# Royal Deaf Education Trust

Royal Deaf Education Trust is a special school in East Devon, for pupils aged 5 to 19.

It had 49 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E113654. [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Non-maintained special school
- Ages: 5 to 19
- Pupils: 49
- Council: East Devon
- URN: 113654

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), February 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 23 February 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- 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).


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

| Measure | This school | East Devon | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 48.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 46.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 67.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 5 | – | – |

Royal Deaf Education Trust 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.
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.

- [Royal Deaf Education Trust](https://openindex.co.uk/school/royal-deaf-education-trust-e132001): 20 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-beacon-church-of-england-va-primary-school-e113430): 550 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, special measures. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-exmouth-e140766): 580 m. Primary. School remains Good, June 2024. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Exeter Road Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/exeter-road-community-primary-school-e113095): 860 m. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 8% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Exmouth Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/exmouth-community-college-e136612): 1.3 km. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Marpool Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marpool-primary-school-e150964): 1.7 km. Primary. Inadequate (overall), June 2023, before the school changed, special measures. 31% 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/113654)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/113654)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/royal-deaf-education-trust-e113654