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Culmstock Primary School

Primary · Cullompton · EX15 3JP

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 January 2024

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At a glance

123 pupils · 88% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.culmstock-primary.devon.sch.uk
URN
113071

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 23 January 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

27 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
Devon average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolHereford · 85 miles awayGood79%
Tackley Church of England Primary SchoolKidlington · 108 miles awayGood56%
Hartpury Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 81 miles awayGood33%
Holme Primary SchoolCarnforth · 228 miles awayGood89%
Staunton and Corse Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 83 miles awayGood71%
Laughton All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolSheffield · 192 miles awayRequires improvement47%
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolWare · 157 miles awayGood56%
Great Hockham Primary School and NurseryThetford · 209 miles awayExpected standard65%
Colgate Primary SchoolHorsham · 133 miles awayGood50%
Croftlands Junior SchoolUlverston · 226 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Silverton Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 11 miles awayGood56%
Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHanley Swan · 91 miles awayNo current grade88%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Devon 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Devon 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.78 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Devon: 3.30 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
31.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

47% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 53% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,352; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.1%62.3%
Social housing5.6%17.1%
Privately rented16.3%20.5%
Detached houses61.6%22.9%
Flats4.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020074 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£340,00019 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£265,000–£472,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£480,000
Terraced (5)£280,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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