Shute Community Primary SchoolColyton Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Shute Community Primary School and Colyton Primary Academy are primary schools.

  • Shute Community Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Colyton Primary Academy scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). Colyton Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Shute Community Primary School was judged the expected standard and Colyton Primary Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 71.0% for Shute Community Primary School and 61.0% for Colyton Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Shute Community Primary School (53.0% in 2022-23, 71.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Colyton Primary Academy (63.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Shute Community Primary School versus Colyton Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AxminsterShute Community Primary SchoolColytonColyton Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC55/100C57/100Stronger figure
Local ranking134th of 303 in Devon 122nd of 303 in Devon Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll78 139
Capacity90 175
LocationAxminster, EX13 7QR Colyton, EX24 6NU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard71.0% Stronger figure61.0% 62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 6.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census78 139
Free school meals (ever 6)6.4% 22.3%
English as an additional language2.6% 3.6%
SEN support6.4% 18.7%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 5.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.7% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence5.7% 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.

Shute Community Primary School

Colyton Primary Academy

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