Kingsbridge Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Kingsbridge, Devon·TQ7 1NL
Composite score
52.5
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#6,386
National rank
#604
In South West
#101
In Devon
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
36 first choices, 36 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 36 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 Kingsbridge 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
356
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,269
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Kingsbridge Primary School at a glance

Located in Kingsbridge, Devon, Kingsbridge Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 356 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 61% 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 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% 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 Kingsbridge Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 36 Reception places. There are about 22.8 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Kingsbridge Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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