St Gabriel's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Exeter, Devon·EX4 2BY
Composite score
63.9
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#2,859
National rank
#237
In South West
#38
In Devon
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 16 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020230.9420240.9620250.942026

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

Every child who put St Gabriel's CofE 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
195
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,605
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Gabriel's CofE Primary School

St Gabriel's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 195 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 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 among the top 20% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Gabriel's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 25.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% 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. St Gabriel's CofE 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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