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Canada Hill Community Primary School

Primary · Newton Abbot · TQ12 6YS

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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 6 December 2022

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At a glance

344 pupils · 109% of 315 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.canadahill.devon.sch.uk
URN
113245

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 56 families named it first for 53 Reception places, 1.06 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2401.8 m (≈1.49 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 6 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.06 first-choice applications per place

53 places offered · 56 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 2401.8 m (≈1.49 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2401.8 m (≈1.49 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
87%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school87%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
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
The Windmills Junior SchoolHassocks · 155 miles awayGood65%
Woodville Primary SchoolChelmsford · 200 miles awayGood67%
North Ferriby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolNorth Ferriby · 258 miles awayGood78%
St George's Church of England Primary School, ChorleyChorley · 220 miles awayOutstanding87%
Upton Heath CofE Primary SchoolChester · 189 miles awayGood52%
Gateway Primary SchoolCarterton · 123 miles awayGood65%
St John's Mead Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 88 miles awayGood45%
Cullingworth Village Primary SchoolBradford · 240 miles awayGood55%
Hallgate Primary School CottinghamCottingham · 263 miles awayGood59%
Stamford Bridge Primary SchoolYork · 266 miles awayNo current grade68%
Yarm Primary SchoolYarm · 291 miles awayGood69%
Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess HillBurgess Hill · 156 miles awayGood76%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Devon 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Devon 1%, England 4%) · other groups together 2%

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%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.9%
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
24.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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)

15.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.8 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 £51,071; 17.6% 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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,432
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £132,335; in-year balance +£2,008

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.1%62.3%
Social housing0.8%17.1%
Privately rented12.1%20.5%
Detached houses62.9%22.9%
Flats1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020194 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£312,000123 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£380,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (56)£389,000
Semi-detached (33)£279,000
Terraced (21)£260,000
Flat (13)£150,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.40 km, 2026 entry): 948 sales, median £243,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

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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