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Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Newton Abbot TQ13 7TB · widecombe.thelink.academy · 01364 621261
On the mapSearch near TQ13 7TB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- 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
- 93
- 3 over 90 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7.5%
- First language not English
- 1.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Link Academy Trust
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, 14 families put the school first and 14 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 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 34
- 43% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (38%) with SEND