Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 20 October 2021Graded 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 entry11 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.1; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.6; Devon median median 1.5
- 2024 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Devon median median 1.6
- 2022 1.5; Devon median median 1.6
- 2021 1.1; Devon median median 1.6
- 2020 1.1; Devon median median 1.6
- 2019 1.2; Devon median median 1.6
- 2018 1.1; Devon median median 1.6
- 2017 1.1; Devon median median 1.6
- 2016 1.0; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Devon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as High Bickington Church of England Primary School (URN 113378), 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 | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 16 | 19 | 1.2 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 16 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 16 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 87% · Writing 87% · Maths 87% → all three 87% 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 | 87% | 7% | 108 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 6% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 0% | 109 | 105 |
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
- High Bickington Church of England Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · DevonRemains Good20231.1applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 8.4 km · DevonRemains Good20221.5applications per place
- 9.0 km · DevonGood20241.4applications per place
- 9.8 km · DevonGood20241.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 10.0 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 20%met the SATs standard
- 10.0 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 10.4 km · Devon20261.5applications per place 54%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
- 144535 · 878/3062
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 70 pupils · 84 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2017
- Replaced
- High Bickington Church of England Primary School (URN 113378)
- Address
- High Bickington, Umberleigh, EX37 9AY
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources