Culmstock Primary School

Mid Devon · EX15 3JP

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 123 pupils, 13% FSM

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Culmstock Primary School

General Information

Address: Culmstock, Cullompton, EX15 3JP – View on map
Phone: 01884840598
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Clare Nevinson
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 11 families put it first for 13 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

123 pupils out of 140 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 16
% eligible for free school meals: 13.0%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Mid Devon average)
English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 40.9% a year (Mid Devon 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

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Across Devon: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Devon (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 3.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 0.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 23.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Mid Devon average (57%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 66%)
3-year average (expected standard): 57%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 78% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
Based on: 27 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolMid Devon averageEngland↗ Improving Up 8 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 6 percentage points above the Mid Devon average (57%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 11th of 34 junior and primary schools in the area

=9Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School64%
=11Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School63%
=11Culmstock Primary School63%
=11St Andrew's Primary School63%
#14Sandford School62%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Burlescombe Church of England Primary School86%
#2The Duchy School Bradninch85%
#3Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary School83%
#4Uplowman Church of England Primary School82%
#5Tidcombe Primary School70%
#6Hayward's Primary School69%
#7Hemyock Primary School67%
#8Landscore Primary School65%
=9Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School64%
=9Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School64%
=11Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School63%
=11Culmstock Primary School63%
=11St Andrew's Primary School63%
#14Sandford School62%
=15Bampton Church of England Primary School60%
=15Thorverton Church of England Primary School60%
#17Uffculme Primary School59%
#18Willand School58%
=19Bolham Community Primary School56%
=19Silverton Church of England Primary School56%
=19St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School56%
=19Willowbank Primary School56%
#23Two Moors Primary School55%
#24Newton St Cyres Primary School53%
=25Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary School50%
=25Webber's Church of England Primary School50%
=27Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School46%
=27Copplestone Primary School46%
#29St John's Catholic Primary School45%
#30Castle Primary School44%
#31Bow Community Primary School40%
#32Heathcoat Primary School28%
#33Wilcombe Primary School17%
#34Halberton Primary School0%

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5th of 21 primary schools in Mid Devon for Ofsted rating

#3Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary SchoolGood
#4Copplestone Primary SchoolGood
#5Culmstock Primary SchoolGood
#6Halberton Primary SchoolGood
#7Landscore Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Bampton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#2Castle Primary SchoolGood
#3Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary SchoolGood
#4Copplestone Primary SchoolGood
#5Culmstock Primary SchoolGood
#6Halberton Primary SchoolGood
#7Landscore Primary SchoolGood
#8Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#9Newton St Cyres Primary SchoolGood
#10Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#11Sandford SchoolGood
#12St Andrew's Primary SchoolGood
#13St John's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#14Thorverton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#15Tidcombe Primary SchoolGood
#16Uffculme Primary SchoolGood
#17Uplowman Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18Willand SchoolGood
#19Willowbank Primary SchoolGood
#20Yeoford Community Primary SchoolGood
#21Heathcoat Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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