Shaldon Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Teignmouth, Devon·TQ14 0DD
Composite score
92.2
Compare Shaldon Primary School with another school
#146
National rank
#14
In South West
#3
In Devon
Top 1%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
88%
% achieving higher RWM
31%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.1020241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Shaldon 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
0–11
Pupils on roll
200
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,315
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

Shaldon Primary School at a glance

Located in Teignmouth, Devon, Shaldon Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 200 pupils. 88% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 31% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Shaldon Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 25.0 pupils per teacher. Shaldon 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.

Compare Shaldon Primary School with another school