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Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School

Primary · Exeter · EX6 6HY

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 30 March 2026

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At a glance

115 pupils · 164% of 70 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
cheritonbishop.thelink.academy
URN
145397

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Category 7
17316.1 m (≈10.76 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
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
Langham Village SchoolHolt · 253 miles awayGood79%
Rowde CofE AcademyDevizes · 86 miles awayGood78%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasSherborne · 52 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Little Houghton Church of England PrimaryNorthampton · 163 miles awayGood56%
Boskenwyn Community Primary SchoolHelston · 79 miles awayGood33%
Ullesthorpe Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth · 162 miles awayExpected standard57%
Charlwood Village Primary SchoolHorley · 156 miles awayGood67%
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolHaverhill · 205 miles awayGood73%
Chacombe CEVA Primary AcademyBanbury · 142 miles awayGood (2019)8%
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolDorchester · 57 miles awayExpected standard71%
Parker's Church of England Primary AcademyThetford · 233 miles awayGood25%
Bosbury CofE Primary SchoolLedbury · 109 miles awayGood71%

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%) · Any other White background 3% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Devon 0%, England 0%)

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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.87 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
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% moved to another state school

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)

100% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.5 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 £50,572; 12.5% 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£5,861
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 87% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£96,000

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.3%62.3%
Social housing9.1%17.1%
Privately rented15.6%20.5%
Detached houses63.6%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020082 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£382,50018 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£342,500–£580,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£425,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a 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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