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Gulworthy Primary Academy

Primary · Tavistock · PL19 8JA

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 May 2025

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At a glance

90 pupils · 129% of 70 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.gulworthy-lap.co.uk/
URN
149729

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 10 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3603.4 m (≈2.24 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its inspection on 7 May 2025 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 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 3603.4 m (≈2.24 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3603.4 m (≈2.24 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
85%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school85%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
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
Tedburn St Mary SchoolExeter · 26 miles awayGood82%
Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary SchoolTotnes · 25 miles awayNeeds attention91%
Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)Ludlow · 145 miles awayGood70%
Penponds SchoolCamborne · 54 miles awayGood78%
St Bridget's CofE SchoolCockermouth · 287 miles awayGood47%
Stanbury Village SchoolKeighley · 246 miles awayGood67%
Little Melton Primary SchoolNorwich · 272 miles awayOutstanding61%
Dodleston CofE Primary SchoolChester · 188 miles awayGood60%
Hipsburn Primary SchoolAlnwick · 352 miles awayGood67%
Canon Pyon CofE AcademyHereford · 127 miles awayGood50%
Cranford CofE Primary SchoolKettering · 199 miles awayGood69%
Brabins Endowed SchoolPreston · 241 miles awayOutstanding90%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 1% (Devon 1%, England 1%)

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)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.9%
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
24.6
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, 3.8 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 £55,402; 16.7% 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£7,986
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£63,000

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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 higher36.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.8%62.3%
Social housing6.1%17.1%
Privately rented19.1%20.5%
Detached houses51.8%22.9%
Flats3.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020331 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£244,50046 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£177,000–£316,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£338,500
Semi-detached (6)£182,500
Terraced (19)£218,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.60 km, 2026 entry): 416 sales, median £280,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
3a 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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