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Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School

Primary · Exeter · EX5 1PP

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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 June 2023

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At a glance

42 pupils · 40% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
32.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.woodburysalterton.thelink.academy
URN
151004

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 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. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 June 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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)

9 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
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 peers44.5%
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
Sledmere Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield · 262 miles awayGood45%
Cusgarne Primary SchoolTruro · 83 miles awayExpected standard68%
Lanlivery Primary AcademyBodmin · 61 miles awayGood (2019)22%
Whitesheet Church of England Primary AcademyWarminster · 54 miles awayExpected standard50%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolTamworth · 158 miles awayGood44%
Eastoft Church of England Primary SchoolScunthorpe · 232 miles awayGood38%
Colkirk Church of England Primary AcademyFakenham · 233 miles awayGood50%
Shefford C.E. Primary SchoolHungerford · 101 miles awayExpected standard33%
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley BridgeHarrogate · 245 miles awayExpected standard55%
Gainford Church of England Primary School and PreschoolDarlington · 275 miles awayGood67%
Harpley CofE VC Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 226 miles awayNeeds attention33%
Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary SchoolSalisbury · 72 miles awayGood0%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 5% (Devon 4%, England 7%)

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)
9.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.25 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
21.1
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

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,292
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£133,000

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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.8%62.3%
Social housing6.8%17.1%
Privately rented25.4%20.5%
Detached houses48.9%22.9%
Flats3.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019945 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£307,50014 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£247,000–£489,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (5)£325,000
Terraced (5)£217,000

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

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