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Devonshire Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Devonshire Avenue, Sutton SM2 5JL · devonshireprimary.org · 020 8643 1174
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sutton 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sutton Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 678
- 48 over 630 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27%
- First language not English
- 52.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sutton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 60 families put the school first and 63 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 63 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 94 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 88 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 71 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 87 | 66 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.41 mi0.66 km | |
The council's table says 'All': every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Sutton it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Devonshire Primary School on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (140 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 140
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (21%) with SEND