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Academy sponsor led · Devon

Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 163Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 146534URN

Pathfields, Totnes, TQ9 5TZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Devon median (1.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Devon

46 applications for 29 places · 54th of 163 in Devon
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
95%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
close to Devon median (1.5) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

46 applications · 29 places offered · 29 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; Devon median median 1.5
  2. 2025 1.6; Devon median median 1.5
  3. 2024 1.9; Devon median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.5; Devon median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.8; Devon median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.8; Devon median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.6; Devon median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.3; Devon median median 1.6
  9. 2018 2.1; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.3; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.5; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Devon median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Devon median

Dashed bars: as Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School (URN 113406), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202629461.6291.00
Sep 202525401.6251.00
Sep 202422411.9221.00
Sep 202328421.5281.00
Sep 202221381.8211.00
Sep 20219252.880.89
Sep 202018281.6150.83
Sep 201915191.3140.93
Sep 2018 *11232.1111.00
Sep 2017 *36481.3361.00
Sep 2016 *15372.5151.00
Sep 2015 *21381.8200.95
Sep 2014 *28481.7270.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 95% · Writing 95% · Maths 95% → all three 95% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard95%3rd of 266 in Devon
Reading
Expected standard95%
Higher standard63%
Average scaled score 113 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard95%
Greater depth16%
Maths
Expected standard95%
Higher standard26%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Devon median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2595%16%113110
2023/2477%8%108104
2022/2370%17%107106

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146534 · 878/2092
Trust
The Academies for Character and Excellence
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
230 pupils · 163 on roll
Free school meals
37.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2018
Replaced
Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School (URN 113406)
Address
Pathfields, Totnes, TQ9 5TZ
Local authority
Devon · South Hams

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources