Primary school

Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School

  • Community School
  • ages 2–11
  • Mixed
  • Devon
  • TQ12 1TX
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,194 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 81%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 94%94%2016/17: top 87%2017/18: top 41%41% · 2017/182018/19: top 86%2022/23: top 82%2023/24: top 80%2024/25: top 81%No exams

Against South WestArrows: South West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM50% · South West 62%2/10 Well below South West+7.4 pts
Higher standard, RWM5% · South West 6%4/10 Below+5.6 pts
Reading score105 · South West 1054/10 Below+12.8 pts
Maths score101 · South West 1041/10 Well below South West
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 27% · 30 pupils · South West 53%2016/17: 44% · 34 pupils · South West 62%2017/18: 71% · 42 pupils · South West 65%2018/19: 50% · 42 pupils · South West 66%2022/23: 47% · 55 pupils · South West 59%2023/24: 49% · 47 pupils · South West 61%2024/25: 50% · 38 pupils · South West 62%71%27%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 30 pupils · South West 4%2016/17: 3% · 34 pupils · South West 8%2017/18: 0% · 42 pupils · South West 8%2018/19: 7% · 42 pupils · South West 9%2022/23: 2% · 55 pupils · South West 6%2023/24: 9% · 47 pupils · South West 6%2024/25: 5% · 38 pupils · South West 6%9%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 96 · 30 pupils · South West 1032016/17: 101 · 34 pupils · South West 1042017/18: 104 · 42 pupils · South West 1052018/19: 103 · 42 pupils · South West 1052022/23: 102 · 55 pupils · South West 1052023/24: 102 · 47 pupils · South West 1052024/25: 105 · 38 pupils · South West 10510596No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 96 · 30 pupils · South West 1032016/17: 100 · 34 pupils · South West 1042017/18: 104 · 42 pupils · South West 1042018/19: 102 · 42 pupils · South West 1052022/23: 100 · 55 pupils · South West 1042023/24: 101 · 47 pupils · South West 1042024/25: 101 · 38 pupils · South West 10410496No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
24 of 24 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2424
2nd150
3rd60

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Satisfactory
  2. 2011Satisfactory
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026287
Free school meals (past 6 years)38.8%
First language not English8.2%
SEN support31.2%
EHC plan3.5%
Absence (sessions missed)5.8%
Persistently absent pupils17.9%

Girls 50%Boys 50%

85.4% full · 336 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher25.0
Pupils per adult8.8
  • Classroom teachers 7.9
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 19.1
  • Other support 6.6

Teachers 10.9 FTE · Whole workforce 36.5 · 49 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£8,142
Spend per pupil£8,566
Staff spend per pupil£6,946
Reserve per pupil−£441
  • −£120,262revenue reserve
  • −£115,751in-year balance

Grants £7,867 · self-generated £281 · premises £351 per pupil