Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Devon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry28 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.1; Devon median median 1.5
- 2024 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2023 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2022 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2021 1.8; Devon median median 1.6
- 2020 1.8; Devon median median 1.6
- 2019 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2018 1.8; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Devon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as Woolacombe School (URN 113175), 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 | 20 | 28 | 1.4 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 34 | 1.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 35 | 1.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 22 | 31 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 28 | 38 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 24 | 44 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 53 | 1.8 | 35 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 27 | 37 | 1.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 22 | 40 | 1.8 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 25 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 * | 26 | 51 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 90% · Writing 75% · Maths 80% → all three 70% 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 | 70% | 0% | 108 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 7% | 108 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 3% | 104 | 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
- Woolacombe SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · DevonGood20191.3applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · DevonGood20191.2applications per place
- 6.7 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place
- 6.9 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade202437%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · Devon20261.5applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 7.5 km · DevonGood20232.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 8.3 km · DevonRemains Good20231.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 10.2 km · DevonRequires improvement20221.2applications per place
- 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
- 145765 · 878/2253
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 216 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2018
- Replaced
- Woolacombe School (URN 113175)
- Address
- Beach Road, Woolacombe, EX34 7BT
- Local authority
- Devon · North Devon
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources