Tidcombe Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Tiverton, Devon·EX16 4BP
Composite score
56.0
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#5,159
National rank
#468
In South West
#75
In Devon
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
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%
16 first choices, 18 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
22
any preference, for 18 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.0020230.9620241.0020250.892026

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

Every child who put Tidcombe 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
167
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,982
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Tidcombe Primary School at a glance

Located in Tiverton, Devon, Tidcombe Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 167 pupils aged 3 to 11. 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 16.0 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 top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Tidcombe Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. Tidcombe 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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