Roselands Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Paignton, Torbay·TQ4 7RQ
Composite score
40.6
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National rank
#1096
In South West
#22
In Torbay
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
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
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
41 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
101
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.3320231.0020240.9620250.932026

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

Torbay does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Roselands Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
339
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,274
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Roselands Primary School

Roselands Primary School is a primary school in Paignton, Torbay, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 339 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 23.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made Roselands Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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