Georgeham Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Putsborough Road, Georgeham, Braunton, EX33 1JT – View on map
- Phone: 01271890440
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Kevin Fry
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 8 families put it first for 8 places – 10 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: 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 5
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.5%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (more mixed than the North Devon average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.1% a year (North Devon 16.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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
Awaiting Data
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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 46% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points below the North Devon average (56%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 58% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 54% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 85%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 103
- Based on: 13 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 26th of 37 junior and primary schools in the area
- =24Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple50%
- =26Fremington Primary School46%
- =26Georgeham Church of England Primary School46%
- =28Chulmleigh Primary School45%
- =28Holywell Church of England School45%
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10th of 33 primary schools in North Devon for Ofsted rating
- #8East Anstey Primary SchoolGood
- #9East Worlington Primary SchoolGood
- #10Georgeham Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #11Goodleigh Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #12Holywell Church of England SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,143 (2024-25)
6th of 36 primary schools in North Devon for spending per pupil
- #4Brayford Academy£10,828
- #5Kentisbury Primary School£10,349
- #6Georgeham Church of England Primary School£9,143
- #7East Anstey Primary School£9,085
- #8East Worlington Primary School£8,965
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