Mill Water School
Special / other · Budleigh Salterton · EX9 7BJ
Data updated
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 8 March 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
119 pupils · 119% of 100 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 40.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- www.millwater.devon.sch.uk
- URN
- 151329
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 8 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Visual Impairment
- Other Difficulty/Disability
- Hearing Impairment
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Physical Disability
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Provision type: SEN unit.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Devon 91%, England 66%) · Any other White background 3% (Devon 2%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Devon 0%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Devon 0%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Devon 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Devon 0%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Devon 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Devon 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Devon 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Devon 0%, England 0%) · White Irish 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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,169; 10% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 36.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 67.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 6.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 48.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 32.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.1% | 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
- £425,00041 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £300,000–£640,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.
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
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
Nearby schools
- Otterton Church of England Primary School
- Drake's Church of England Primary School
- Newton Poppleford Primary School
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- Tipton St John Church of England Primary School
- Woodbury Church of England Primary School
- Sidmouth Church of England Primary School
- Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School