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Filleigh Community Primary School

Primary · Barnstaple · EX32 0RS

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 12 November 2024

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At a glance

61 pupils · 58% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.filleigh-primary.devon.sch.uk/
URN
113148

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 10 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. At its inspection on 12 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
20%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
97
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
95
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 school20%
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
Tansley Primary SchoolMatlock · 177 miles awayNeeds attention23%
Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 184 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Shalford Primary SchoolBraintree · 199 miles awayGood87%
Great Witchingham Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich · 243 miles awayNo current grade50%
North Frodingham Primary SchoolDriffield · 252 miles awayNeeds attention56%
Sigglesthorne Church of England Primary AcademyHull · 251 miles awayGood38%
Lift UtterbyLouth · 232 miles awayExpected standard82%
Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye · 84 miles awayNeeds attention71%
Abbey Village Primary SchoolChorley · 193 miles awayGood80%
Clitheroe Brookside Primary SchoolClitheroe · 206 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Kentisbury Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 10 miles awayGood50%
Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary SchoolNewark · 202 miles awayGood40%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (Devon 87%, England 60%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.12 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
13.3
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, 31.8 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 £43,722; 16.7% 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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.1%62.3%
Social housing4%17.1%
Privately rented21%20.5%
Detached houses58.2%22.9%
Flats2.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020097 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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