Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Exeter, Devon·EX2 7QT
Composite score
50.4
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#7,118
National rank
#691
In South West
#112
In Devon
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 43 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
75
any preference, for 43 places

Every child who put Clyst Heath Nursery and Community 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
332
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.5
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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Location

Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Exeter, Devon, Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 332 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. Clyst Heath Nursery and Community 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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