Culmstock Primary School

Culmstock Primary School is performing well, maintaining a good standard across all inspection areas, including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, and leadership. Pupils express pride in their school and demonstrate a keen understanding of its values, contributing to a positive and calm learning atmosphere. Parents have reacted positively to recent leadership changes and appreciate the school's efforts to foster community ties and support children’s emotional well-being.

Strengths

• Strong reading culture with a focus on phonics from early years.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff, fostering engagement in lessons.
• Well-supported pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Active community engagement through initiatives like a weekly park run.
• Effective leadership that prioritizes staff well-being and development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment leading to knowledge gaps in some subjects.
• Early stages of implementation in teaching fundamental British values and diversity.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Culmstock Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 0.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Culmstock Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Culmstock Primary School had 31.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 52.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.6% of pupils at Culmstock Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

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What is Culmstock Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Culmstock Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Culmstock Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Culmstock Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Culmstock Primary School have?

Culmstock Primary School has 123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Culmstock Primary School cover?

Culmstock Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Culmstock Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Culmstock Primary School?

Culmstock Primary School is at Culmstock, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 3JP.