Furzeham Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Brixham, Torbay·TQ5 8BL
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#844
In South West
#16
In Torbay
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
31
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Furzeham 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
248
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,454
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Furzeham Primary School at a glance

Located in Brixham, Torbay, Furzeham Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 248 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 14.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Furzeham Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 24.0 pupils per teacher. Furzeham 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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