The Greater Horseshoe School
The Greater Horseshoe School is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 8 to 18. It has 57 pupils and room for 61.
Little Bovey Lane, Heathfield, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6RH01626 782038thegreaterhorseshoeschool.co.ukMrs Peta Hewitt headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
15 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 9 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 2.9 | – | 4.6 | 1.6 | 45.9 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 7% | – | 0% | 0% | 46% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 7% | – | 0% | 11% | 67% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.27 | – | 0.17 | 0.09 | 4.08 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 38% | 41% |
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Devon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 57 | 55 | 53 | 48 | 44 | 40 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Catherine's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 970 m | 130 | Good 2024 | 34 | Compare |
| Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 84 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| Stover School | Independent | 1.6 miles | 509 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bovey Tracey Academy | Academy | 1.6 miles | 245 | Requires improvement 2022 | 13 | Compare |
| Blackpool Church of England Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 244 | Good 2024 | 24 | Compare |
| Phoenix Bay School | Independent | 2.2 miles | 29 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hennock Community Primary School | Academy | 2.6 miles | 45 | Good 2024 | 35 | Compare |
| Kingsteignton School | Free school | 2.7 miles | 232 | Not inspected | 36 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Greater Horseshoe School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Greater Horseshoe School yet.
How good are The Greater Horseshoe School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 7% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 2.9, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does The Greater Horseshoe School have?
57 pupils aged 8 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 61 places, so it is 93% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Little Bovey Lane, Heathfield, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6RH
- Telephone
- 01626 782038
- Website
- www.thegreaterhorseshoeschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Peta Hewitt
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 8-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward
- Bovey
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 19 September 2018 (new provision)
- URN
- 146167 · LAESTAB 8786074 · UKPRN 10088058
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.