The Erme Primary School

Community school·Primary school Ivybridge, Devon·PL21 0AJ
Composite score
8.5
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#14,761
National rank
#1609
In South West
#265
In Devon
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
13%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
97.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
30
any preference, for 7 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
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 The Erme 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
98
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
28.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.4
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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Location

School overview

The Erme Primary School is a primary school serving Ivybridge, Devon, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 98 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 13% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 37.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 97 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). The Erme Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 6 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. The Erme 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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