Brixham Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Brixham, Torbay·TQ5 9HF
Composite score
44.7
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National rank
#936
In South West
#19
In Torbay
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
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
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
91%
11 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 12 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720221.0020231.0020240.7820250.922026

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 Brixham Church of England 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,486
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Brixham Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Brixham, Torbay, Brixham Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 216 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 17.0 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 91% of the families who made Brixham Church of England 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 6.3%. There are about 24.5 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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