Whipton Barton Junior School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Exeter, EX1 3JP
- Distance
- 0.9km away
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School
Ringswell Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3EG
Local ranking232nd of 303 primary schools in Devon
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
327
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 32.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 45.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 47
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 326
- Boys
- 173 (53%)
- Girls
- 153 (47%)
- Capacity
- 327 (100% full)
- SEND
- 23.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.4%
- EAL
- 24.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 18.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 26.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,173/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 61.4%
- White Other: 16.7%
- Asian Indian: 6.2%
- Black African: 5.9%
- Asian Chinese: 2.8%
- Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
61.4%
White British
16.7%
White Other
6.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139394
- UKPRN
- 10040768
- Establishment No.
- 2005
- Trust
- PLYMOUTH CAST
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