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Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School

Primary · Tavistock · PL19 9PR

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 November 2023

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At a glance

103 pupils · 98% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.marytavyandbrentorpri.co.uk/
URN
113264

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 6138.5 m (≈3.81 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 29 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
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 6138.5 m (≈3.81 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 6138.5 m (≈3.81 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
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
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasSherborne · 70 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Bosbury CofE Primary SchoolLedbury · 126 miles awayGood71%
Charlwood Village Primary SchoolHorley · 174 miles awayGood67%
Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary SchoolWest Malling · 201 miles awayGood67%
Cottesmore AcademyOakham · 209 miles awayGood50%
Loddington CofE (VA) Primary SchoolKettering · 189 miles awayGood64%
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OsbaldestonBlackburn · 230 miles awayExpected standard71%
Langham Village SchoolHolt · 271 miles awayGood79%
William Penn SchoolHorsham · 164 miles awayRequires improvement64%
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary SchoolKettering · 200 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Fressingfield Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 263 miles awayGood36%
Dorchester St Birinus Church of England SchoolWallingford · 147 miles awayNo current grade38%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Devon 1%, England 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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.5%
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
17.6
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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,349; 12.5% 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£6,777
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £2,541; in-year balance -£75,882

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.9%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented10.7%20.5%
Detached houses65.2%22.9%
Flats2.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms34.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020324 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£328,00029 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£260,000–£450,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£440,000
Semi-detached (5)£201,500
Terraced (7)£265,000

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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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