Kingsley School Devon

Kingsley School sits within the North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Reserve—renowned as one of the UK’s most celebrated natural environments. For students here, this extraordinary coastal landscape isn’t a backdrop; it’s the classroom. As England’s only Surfing School of Excellence, outdoor adventure is embedded into a distinctive dual curriculum alongside rigorous academic study—combining GCSE, A Level and BTEC pathways with coastal expeditions, bushcraft, Ten Tors and Duke of Edinburgh in a setting no other school can match. Environmental sustainability runs deeper still. Through Kingsley’s Earth Centre, sustainability isn’t an ethos—it’s a curriculum. Woven into both classroom learning and the expansive outdoor programme, it equips students to understand and actively improve the world around them.

Academic outcomes are quietly exceptional. With 30% of GCSE grades at 7–9, a third of A Levels at A or A*, and a positive Value-Added score, students consistently exceed national expectations—whatever their starting point. As the only CReSTeD accredited school in Devon and Cornwall, Kingsley leads the region in SEND provision, supporting students with dyslexia, ADHD, autism and processing differences, fully integrated into mainstream school life.

For Forces’ families, Kingsley offers genuine stability—full CEA allowance, boarding from Year 7, and a warm community whose pastoral teams truly understand military life.