Report card · inspected Jun 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 | Strong 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
- 2 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 3 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry21 applications · 20 places offered · 19 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.1; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.3; Devon median median 1.5
- 2024 1.2; Devon median median 1.6
- 2023 1.1; Devon median median 1.6
- 2022 1.6; Devon median median 1.6
- 2021 1.9; Devon median median 1.6
- 2020 1.5; Devon median median 1.6
- 2019 1.5; Devon median median 1.6
- 2018 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2017 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2016 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2015 2.4; 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 | 20 | 21 | 1.1 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 28 | 1.3 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 27 | 1.2 | 19 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 22 | 23 | 1.1 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 20 | 29 | 1.5 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 20 | 29 | 1.5 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 17 | 23 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 18 | 23 | 1.3 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 21 | 27 | 1.3 | 20 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% → all three 63% 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 | 63% | 0% | 104 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 14% | 109 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 52% | 10% | 105 | 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
- Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · DevonRequires improvement20241.4applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · DevonRemains Good · improving20241.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 5.8 km · DevonGood20231.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 6.0 km · Devon20262.1applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
- 6.0 km · DevonGood20231.3applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · DevonStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 6.6 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 85%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137776 · 878/3165
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 159 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2012
- Replaced
- Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School (URN 113421)
- Address
- Bell Meadow, Bickleigh, Tiverton, EX16 8RE
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources