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Shute Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Haddon Road, Shute, Axminster EX13 7QR · shute-primary.org.uk · 0129733348
On the mapSearch near EX13 7QR
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Devon 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 46
- 51% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.9%
- First language not English
- 0%
- 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: Devon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 3 families put the school first and 4 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Devon it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Shute Community Primary School on 10 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 36
- 46% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 61% who had a child bullied