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Kilmington Primary School

Primary · Axminster · EX13 7RG

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 12 March 2024

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At a glance

72 pupils · 69% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.kilmington-primary.org.uk
URN
113100

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 1.00 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 Requires improvement on 12 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

8 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers50%
Devon average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Staveley CofE SchoolKendal · 249 miles awayGood55%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, CromhallWotton-under-Edge · 63 miles awayNeeds attention29%
Newbrough Church of England Primary SchoolHexham · 294 miles awayExpected standard50%
Otterhampton Primary SchoolBridgwater · 28 miles awayGood44%
Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary SchoolNorthallerton · 253 miles awayExpected standard83%
Belton Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 156 miles awayGood55%
Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham · 180 miles awayGood43%
Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolYork · 259 miles awayNo current grade50%
Oldfield Primary SchoolKeighley · 216 miles awayGood33%
The Edward Richardson Primary School, TetfordHorncastle · 214 miles awayGood90%
Needwood CofE Primary SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 151 miles awayOutstanding60%
Canon Pyon CofE AcademyHereford · 95 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Black African 4% (Devon 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Devon 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 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)
6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
14.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 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 £49,083; 14.3% 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.8%62.3%
Social housing12.4%17.1%
Privately rented11.8%20.5%
Detached houses53.9%22.9%
Flats2.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019936 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,00026 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£287,000–£591,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£580,000
Semi-detached (7)£315,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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