Yeo Valley Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Barnstaple, Devon·EX32 7HB
Composite score
28.0
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#13,675
National rank
#1467
In South West
#236
In Devon
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
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
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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 Yeo Valley 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
199
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.5
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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About Yeo Valley Primary School

Yeo Valley Primary School is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 199 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 43% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 24.0 percentage points compared with 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 100 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Yeo Valley Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 14.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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