Heathcoat Primary School

Heathcoat Primary School at a glance

Located in Tiverton, Devon, Heathcoat Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 314 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 28% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 17.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 101 in reading and 97 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Heathcoat Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.