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Ilsington Church of England Primary School

Primary · Newton Abbot · TQ13 9RE

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 April 2023

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At a glance

95 pupils · 119% of 80 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.ilsington.thelink.academy/website
URN
136919

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 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. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 April 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
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
Betley CofE VC Primary SchoolCrewe · 180 miles awayGood62%
Scout Road AcademyHebden Bridge · 230 miles awayGood75%
Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary SchoolTiverton · 28 miles awayGood (2019)50%
Sproatley Endowed Church of England AcademyHull · 268 miles awayExpected standard75%
Stoke Gabriel Primary SchoolTotnes · 12 miles awayGood47%
Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-SchoolChester · 182 miles awayExpected standard69%
Dunnington CofE Primary SchoolAlcester · 136 miles awayRequires improvement55%
Silverton Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 20 miles awayGood56%
East Claydon Church of England SchoolEast Claydon · 152 miles awayGood (2019)80%
Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 147 miles awayGood9%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyYork · 261 miles awayGood60%
Ashford Hill Primary SchoolThatcham · 122 miles awayExpected standard87%

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%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Devon 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Devon 1%, England 5%)

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)
6.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.10 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
16.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.7 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 £41,832; 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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,330
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£136,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
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 higher42.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.3%62.3%
Social housing6.2%17.1%
Privately rented17.5%20.5%
Detached houses50.7%22.9%
Flats4.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020237 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£610,00025 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£432,500–£737,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£650,000
Semi-detached (8)£545,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
1a 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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