Eden Park Primary & Nursery School

Academy converter·Primary school Brixham, Torbay·TQ5 9NH
Composite score
47.8
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#8,058
National rank
#791
In South West
#15
In Torbay
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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%
28 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0020231.0020240.9420250.972026

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

Every child who put Eden Park Primary & Nursery 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
376
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,558
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About Eden Park Primary & Nursery School

Eden Park Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Brixham, Torbay, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 376 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 26.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Eden Park Primary & Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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