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Moretonhampstead Primary School

Primary · Newton Abbot · TQ13 8NA

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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 13 December 2022

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At a glance

116 pupils · 66% of 175 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.3% of pupils
English as additional language
6.5% of pupils
SEN support
12.1% of pupils
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://moretonhampstead.thelink.academy/
URN
141285

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were 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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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
41%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school41%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Devon average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Stoke-on-Tern Primary SchoolMarket Drayton · 161 miles awayGood50%
Keelham Primary SchoolBradford · 230 miles awayGood81%
Great Bardfield Primary SchoolBraintree · 202 miles awayExpected standard45%
Adlington Primary SchoolChorley · 210 miles awayGood71%
Dunbury Church of England AcademyWinterborne Whitechurch · 68 miles awayGood45%
Woolsery Primary SchoolBideford · 34 miles awayGood38%
Sale and Davys Church of England Primary SchoolDerby · 180 miles awayGood55%
Beaford Community Primary & Nursery SchoolWinkleigh · 21 miles awayGood35%
Nanstallon Community Primary SchoolBodmin · 46 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston · 229 miles awayExpected standard71%
Lanivet Community Primary SchoolBodmin · 46 miles awayGood70%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North KilworthLutterworth · 168 miles awayNo current grade64%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
32
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,492
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69%62.3%
Social housing9.2%17.1%
Privately rented21.8%20.5%
Detached houses31.1%22.9%
Flats8.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.4%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01020258 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,464 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£375,00043 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£497,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£512,500
Semi-detached (8)£324,000
Terraced (13)£335,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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