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Uffculme Primary School

Primary · Cullompton · EX15 3AY

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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 27 March 2024

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At a glance

252 pupils · 102% of 248 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://uffculmeprimary.bep.ac
URN
139887

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 47 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.62 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 3828.2 m (≈2.38 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 27 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.62 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 47 first-choice applications · heavily 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 3828.2 m (≈2.38 mi) for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3828.2 m (≈2.38 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Category 4
1376 m (≈0.86 mi)

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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
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
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 Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-CrouchBurnham-on-Crouch · 186 miles awayGood94%
Moorlands CofE Primary AcademyGreat Yarmouth · 242 miles awayGood41%
Nettlestone Primary SchoolSeaview · 97 miles awayGood62%
St Nicholas At Wade Church of England Primary SchoolBirchington · 201 miles awayGood75%
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, CoggeshallColchester · 186 miles awayGood68%
Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and NurserySittingbourne · 180 miles awayNo current grade40%
Kingsbridge Primary SchoolKingsbridge · 47 miles awayRequires improvement61%
Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham · 198 miles awayGood69%
Culcheth Community Primary SchoolWarrington · 179 miles awayGood79%
Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery SchoolHertford · 154 miles awayGood36%
Ark Carleton Park Primary SchoolPontefract · 210 miles awayOutstanding87%
Maryport CofE Primary SchoolMaryport · 263 miles awayGood45%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Not recorded 15% (Devon 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Devon 4%, England 7%)

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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.41 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
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% left the state-funded sector

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)

64.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 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 £45,655; 6.7% 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£6,020
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £52,000; in-year balance +£105,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.8%62.3%
Social housing21.2%17.1%
Privately rented11.5%20.5%
Detached houses32%22.9%
Flats9.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020063 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£310,00071 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£219,000–£400,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (33)£395,000
Semi-detached (10)£328,500
Terraced (23)£220,000
Flat (5)£55,000

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 (3.83 km, 2024 entry): 185 sales, median £347,500. 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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
3a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
8a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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