St Mary's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bideford, EX39 2QN
- Distance
- 1.5km away
West Croft School
Coronation Road, Bideford, EX39 3DE
Local ranking295th of 302 primary schools in Devon
Ofsted: Urgent improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 19 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Placed in a category of concern: Special measures.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum & teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance & behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Urgent improvement
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Urgent improvement
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 38.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 42.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 52.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 55.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 84
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 484
- Boys
- 232 (56%)
- Girls
- 185 (44%)
- Capacity
- 630 (66% full)
- SEND
- 21.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.8%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 16.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,068/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.6%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.2%
92.6%
White British
2.8%
White Other
1.1%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Coronation Road
Bideford, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113132
- UKPRN
- 10070860
- Establishment No.
- 2209
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