Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Devon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 26 April 2022Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry35 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.5; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.3; Devon median median 1.5
- 2024 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2023 1.7; Devon median median 1.6
- 2022 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2021 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2020 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2019 1.1; Devon median median 1.6
- 2018 1.2; Devon median median 1.6
- 2017 1.2; Devon median median 1.6
- 2016 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; Devon median median 1.7
- 2014 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- This school
- Devon median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 23 | 35 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 38 | 1.3 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 30 | 1.4 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 42 | 1.7 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 23 | 30 | 1.3 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 32 | 1.3 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 23 | 31 | 1.4 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 37 | 42 | 1.1 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 35 | 1.2 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 34 | 1.2 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 26 | 33 | 1.3 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 22 | 28 | 1.3 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 | 27 | 36 | 1.3 | 28 | 1.04 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 80% · Writing 76% · Maths 68% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Devon median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 56% | 4% | 108 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 5% | 107 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 54% | 8% | 106 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lympstone Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Devon20261.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · DevonGood20241.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · DevonSome aspects not as strong20251.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 8%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · DevonSpecial measures Inadequate20231.9applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · DevonGood20241.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · DevonGood20243.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · DevonRemains Good20231.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 113358 · 878/3014
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 160 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 5JY
- Local authority
- Devon · East Devon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources