Bassetts Farm Primary School

Bassetts Farm Primary School demonstrates a solid overall performance by achieving a 'Good' rating in its recent inspection. The school cultivates a welcoming environment where pupils are motivated to learn, showing high aspirations and enjoying their educational experience. Notably, the school excels in behaviour and attitudes, earning an 'Outstanding' rating in that aspect, indicating that students display exceptional conduct and engage positively with their learning. The quality of education is also rated 'Good', reflecting an ambitious curriculum design that helps students build their knowledge progressively, although there are some areas where the curriculum implementation could be improved to meet all students' needs effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils develop a love of learning for life.
• High aspirations and a broad, ambitious curriculum.
• Outstanding behaviour and exemplary attitudes among pupils.
• Strong pastoral support and well-managed individual needs.
• Excellent reading curriculum leading to strong phonics knowledge.
• High participation levels in extra-curricular activities.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation does not always meet the needs of all pupils.

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 Bassetts Farm Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Bassetts Farm 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 Bassetts Farm Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.1% 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, 7.3% of pupils at Bassetts Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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.

In 2025–26 Bassetts Farm Primary School received £6,626 and spent £6,625 for each of its 427 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £344,000 (£806 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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Bassetts Farm Primary School is part of The Avocet Learning Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Exeter Road Community Primary School Exmouth

What is Bassetts Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bassetts Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Bassetts Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bassetts Farm Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Bassetts Farm Primary School have?

Bassetts Farm Primary School has 451 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bassetts Farm Primary School cover?

Bassetts Farm Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

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

Where is Bassetts Farm Primary School?

Bassetts Farm Primary School is at St John's Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 4GB.