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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected 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
- 23 June 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 13 September 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as South Molton United Church of England Primary School, URN 113454
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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 entry39 applications · 30 places offered · 32 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.3; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.7; Devon median median 1.5
- 2024 1.7; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 1.5; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.5; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.2; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.4; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.0; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as South Molton United Church of England Primary School (URN 113454), 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 | 30 | 39 | 1.3 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 28 | 47 | 1.7 | 37 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2024 * | 31 | 51 | 1.7 | 38 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2023 * | 25 | 38 | 1.5 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 48 | 1.6 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 26 | 39 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 * | 40 | 48 | 1.2 | 29 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2018 * | 25 | 36 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 17 | 24 | 1.4 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 23 | 22 | 1.0 | 17 | 0.74 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 65% · Writing 58% · Maths 55% → all three 52% 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 | 52% | 6% | 102 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 3% | 105 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 23% | 0% | 100 | 98 |
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
- South Molton United CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · DevonGood20231.5applications per place
- 5.1 km · DevonRemains Good20231.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 20%met the SATs standard
- 6.5 km · DevonRemains Good20221.5applications per place
- 9.9 km · DevonGood20232.0applications per place
- 10.0 km · DevonRemains Good20231.1applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 10.5 km · DevonGood20241.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151056 · 878/3459
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 222 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2024
- Replaced
- South Molton United Church of England Primary School (URN 113454)
- Address
- Exeter Road, South Molton, EX36 4EN
- Local authority
- Devon · North Devon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources