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Feniton Church of England Primary School

Primary · Honiton · EX14 3EA

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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 13 March 2023

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At a glance

220 pupils · 105% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
14.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.feniton.devon.sch.uk/
URN
113433

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 4304.8 m (≈2.67 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 27 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 4304.8 m (≈2.67 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Devon average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary SchoolNantwich · 160 miles awayExpected standard73%
Victoria AcademyBarrow-in-Furness · 231 miles awayOutstanding65%
Rotherfield Primary SchoolCrowborough · 153 miles awayGood55%
Laneshaw Bridge PrimaryColne · 218 miles awayOutstanding73%
Edlesborough Primary AcademyDunstable · 138 miles awayGood71%
Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, TringTring · 133 miles awayGood68%
Cam Hopton Church of England Primary SchoolDursley · 74 miles awayNo current grade57%
Bemerton St John Church of England PrimarySalisbury · 66 miles awayGood70%
Gilded Hollins Community SchoolLeigh · 189 miles awayGood97%
Cooper Perry Primary SchoolStafford · 148 miles awayNeeds attention62%
Doddinghurst Church of England Junior SchoolBrentwood · 166 miles awayGood53%
Creech St Michael Church of England Primary SchoolTaunton · 20 miles awayNeeds attention36%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Not recorded 2% (Devon 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.4%
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
20.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school

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)

64.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 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 £49,583; 13.3% 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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,902
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £471,611; in-year balance +£32,874

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.1%62.3%
Social housing3.6%17.1%
Privately rented14.1%20.5%
Detached houses17.9%22.9%
Flats0.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019925 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£279,00062 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£240,000–£360,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£385,000
Semi-detached (22)£283,500
Terraced (21)£230,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.30 km, 2023 entry): 361 sales, median £315,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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