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Shirwell Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
School Lane, Shirwell, Barnstaple EX31 4JT · shirwell.devon.sch.uk · 01271 850295
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Overview
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 13%
- 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
- 25
- 45% of 56 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24%
- 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, 2 families put the school first and 2 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 13% 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 | |||
| ▼13% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼98 | 106 | ||
| ▼97 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113167)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
- Ofsted inspection
- No inspection available