Boasley Cross Community Primary SchoolSouth Tawton Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Okehampton.

Summary of the comparison

Boasley Cross Community Primary School and South Tawton Primary School are primary schools in Okehampton.

  • Boasley Cross Community Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and South Tawton Primary School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). South Tawton Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Boasley Cross Community Primary School was judged Good and South Tawton Primary School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at South Tawton Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Boasley Cross Community Primary School versus South Tawton Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure OkehamptonBoasley Cross Community Primary SchoolOkehamptonSouth Tawton Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100B70/100Stronger figure
Local ranking80th of 303 in Devon 36th of 303 in Devon Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll41 202
Capacity70 210
LocationOkehampton, EX20 4JH Okehampton, EX20 2LG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported58.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported8.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census41 202
Free school meals (ever 6)5.7% 12.2%
English as an additional language0.0% 0.0%
SEN support7.3% 8.4%
SEN with an EHC plan0.0% 1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence2.5% Stronger figure4.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.5% Stronger figure10.9% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Boasley Cross Community Primary School

South Tawton Primary School

Full profiles: Boasley Cross Community Primary School · South Tawton Primary School