Ipplepen Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Newton Abbot, Devon·TQ12 5QL
Composite score
54.7
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#5,582
National rank
#517
In South West
#84
In Devon
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ipplepen Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
151
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Ipplepen Primary School is a primary school serving Newton Abbot, Devon, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 151 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ipplepen Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Ipplepen Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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