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Broadhempston Village Primary School

Primary · Totnes · TQ9 6BL

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

43 pupils · 61% of 70 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.broadhempston-primary.devon.sch.uk/
URN
147493

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 2 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 0.67 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 5655.2 m (≈3.51 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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 (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 5655.2 m (≈3.51 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
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
Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary SchoolTruro · 55 miles awayExpected standard43%
Northchapel Community Primary SchoolPetworth · 139 miles awayGood67%
St Levan Primary SchoolPenzance · 92 miles awayGood88%
Norton Sub Hamdon Church SchoolStoke-Sub-Hamdon · 52 miles awayRequires improvement57%
Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSkipton · 252 miles awayGood25%
Brockton CofE Primary SchoolMuch Wenlock · 149 miles awayNeeds attention33%
St James' CofE Primary School, ColdwalthamPulborough · 141 miles awayGood20%
Worlaby AcademyBrigg · 256 miles awayGood73%
Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSalisbury · 83 miles awayGood50%
Ashurst CofE Primary SchoolSteyning · 150 miles awayGood70%
Tugby Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester · 190 miles awayGood100%
Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolChard · 41 miles awayRequires improvement71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Devon 1%, England 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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.9%
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
14.3
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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,765; 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£8,278
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£121,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.2%62.3%
Social housing6.2%17.1%
Privately rented16.7%20.5%
Detached houses50.9%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020193 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£667,50018 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£493,500–£779,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£695,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of 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
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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