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Kingsbridge Primary School

Primary · Kingsbridge · TQ7 1NL

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 27 June 2023

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At a glance

343 pupils · 82% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.kingsbridgeprimary.org.uk
URN
150495

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 36 families named it first for 36 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 27 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

36 places offered · 36 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. 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
61%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
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 school61%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
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
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, CoggeshallColchester · 222 miles awayGood68%
Carr Green Primary SchoolBrighouse · 249 miles awayGood63%
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 171 miles awayOutstanding91%
Uffculme Primary SchoolCullompton · 47 miles awayGood59%
Moorlands CofE Primary AcademyGreat Yarmouth · 282 miles awayGood41%
Yearsley Grove Primary SchoolYork · 280 miles awayGood41%
Leechpool Primary SchoolHorsham · 161 miles awayRequires improvement73%
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary SchoolOssett · 252 miles awayGood53%
Ormskirk Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk · 230 miles awayNo current grade67%
Wycliffe CofE Primary SchoolShipley · 259 miles awayGood49%
Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSouthampton · 122 miles awayGood57%
Maryport CofE Primary SchoolMaryport · 306 miles awayGood45%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Devon 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Devon 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 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)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17%
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

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
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 4% 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)

88.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 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 £47,453; 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£5,269
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£50,000; in-year balance +£273,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.8%62.3%
Social housing7.9%17.1%
Privately rented28.3%20.5%
Detached houses23.4%22.9%
Flats22.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020169 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£258,500196 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£207,000–£371,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£460,000
Semi-detached (28)£288,000
Terraced (71)£260,000
Flat (58)£187,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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
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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