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Silverton Church of England Primary School

Primary · Exeter · EX5 4JY

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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 25 March 2025

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At a glance

105 pupils · 75% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
12.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.exevalleyfederation.co.uk
URN
113365

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.75 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 25 March 2025 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 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 9 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
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
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyYork · 241 miles awayGood60%
Laughton All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolSheffield · 202 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Sproatley Endowed Church of England AcademyHull · 248 miles awayExpected standard75%
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolWare · 168 miles awayGood56%
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolHereford · 93 miles awayGood79%
Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre SchoolHorsham · 135 miles awayGood18%
The Ropsley Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham · 191 miles awayExpected standard58%
Scout Road AcademyHebden Bridge · 211 miles awayGood75%
Osgodby Primary SchoolMarket Rasen · 222 miles awayGood (2019)87%
Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolTring · 139 miles awayGood36%
Culmstock Primary SchoolCullompton · 11 miles awayGood63%
Holme Primary SchoolCarnforth · 236 miles awayGood89%

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 ethnic group 3% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Devon 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Devon 1%, England 1%)

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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.66 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
25.2
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)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 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 £49,157; 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 higher36.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.5%62.3%
Social housing9.8%17.1%
Privately rented12.7%20.5%
Detached houses33.2%22.9%
Flats8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020071 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£286,00081 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£465,000
Semi-detached (19)£287,500
Terraced (32)£261,500
Flat (11)£100,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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

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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