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Buckfastleigh Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0DD · buckfastleigh.devon.sch.uk · 01364 643304
On the mapSearch near TQ11 0DD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 112
- 40% of 280 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 42%
- First language not English
- 0.9%
- 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, 18 families put the school first and 18 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 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Buckfastleigh Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 48
- 38% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (29%) with SEND