Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit

Community school·Primary school Newton Abbot, Devon·TQ12 1PR
Composite score
51.6
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#6,724
National rank
#639
In South West
#106
In Devon
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
62 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
91
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.90 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1456 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9420231.1220240.9820251.032026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants, and in 2026 the last place went under “category 7 (last place, by distance)”. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
462
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,430
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit at a glance

Located in Newton Abbot, Devon, Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 462 pupils aged 3 to 11. 74% 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 risen by 31.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 62 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.90 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit 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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