Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 3 February 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 17 November 2021Ungraded 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 entry32 applications · 26 places offered · 26 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.2; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.3; Devon median median 1.5
- 2024 1.7; Devon median median 1.6
- 2023 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2022 1.5; Devon median median 1.6
- 2021 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2020 1.9; Devon median median 1.6
- 2019 2.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2018 2.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2017 1.6; Devon median median 1.6
- 2016 4.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2015 3.0; Devon median median 1.7
- 2014 2.3; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast (URN 113460), the previous school.
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 | 26 | 32 | 1.2 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 13 | 17 | 1.3 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 25 | 1.3 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 21 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 8 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% → all three 61% 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 | 61% | 0% | 104 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 7% | 110 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 25% | 107 | 102 |
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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, BuckfastThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · DevonGood20241.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · DevonGood20231.4applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · DevonStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 6.7 km · DevonRemains Good20231.9applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 8.3 km · DevonGood20231.1applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 8.3 km · DevonGood20231.6applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 9.3 km · DevonGood20231.5applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140774 · 878/3602
- Trust
- Plymouth Cast
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 110 pupils · 168 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2014
- Replaced
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast (URN 113460)
- Address
- Buckfast Road, Buckfast, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0EA
- Local authority
- Devon · Teignbridge
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources