St Rumon's Church of England (VC) Infants School

Academy converter·Infant school Tavistock, Devon·PL19 9EA

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St Rumon's Church of England (VC) Infants School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

23 first choices, 24 places

First choices per place

0.96

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 24 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04

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 St Rumon's Church of England (VC) Infants 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).

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

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 80
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

26.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,225

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Peter's Church of England (VA) Junior School Tavistock · 0.2 mi 40.8 Tavistock Primary & Nursery School Tavistock · 0.6 mi 39.8 Whitchurch Community Primary School Tavistock · 1.0 mi 58.1 Gulworthy Primary Academy Tavistock · 2.5 mi 55.2 Lamerton CofE Primary Academy Tavistock · 2.6 mi 73.8 Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School Tavistock · 3.2 mi 44.8 Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School Yelverton · 3.6 mi 51.2 St Andrew's Church of England Academy Yelverton · 3.9 mi 60.4

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

St Rumon's Church of England (VC) Infants School at a glance

Located in Tavistock, Devon, St Rumon's Church of England (VC) Infants School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 80 pupils aged 5 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

St Rumon's Church of England (VC) Infants School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 26.7 pupils per teacher. 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.