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River Dart Academy

Alternative provisionAges 5–16Academy

Dartington, TQ9 6JD · Devon local authority

Dartington’s Schools page →

How full
39 pupils
98% of its 40 places
Free school meals
69%
69 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about River Dart Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 69% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TQ9 6) sold for a median £502,750; Dartington’s is £501,500

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

37 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
86.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
13.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
67.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for River Dart Academy

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), November 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near River Dart Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TQ9 6, the school’s postcode sector

Dartington property prices →
£502,750
median sale, 274 sales in 36 months · Dartington £501,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025TQ9 6Dartington
TQ9 6Dartington

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£625K
Semi-detached
£418K
Terraced
£326K
Flat
£398K
TQ9 6Dartington

Homes in TQ9 6 sell for about the same as Dartington’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

3 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA+AB−River Dart Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Dartington, TQ9 6JD

River Dart Academy: common questions

What is River Dart Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (November 2024).

How much do houses cost near River Dart Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, TQ9 6, sold for a median £502,750 over the 36 months to August 2026 (274 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Dartington’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.