Silverton Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Exeter, Devon·EX5 4JY
Composite score
36.4
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#11,996
National rank
#1259
In South West
#202
In Devon
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
14
any preference, for 12 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9120240.8520250.752026

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

Every child who put Silverton Church of England 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
106
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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School overview

Silverton Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Exeter, Devon, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 106 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 11.0 percentage points compared with 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 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Silverton Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Silverton Church of England 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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