East Anstey Primary School

East Anstey Primary School is performing well overall, rated as good across all inspected domains. Pupils take pride in their school, demonstrating positive behavior and strong engagement in both classroom learning and play. The warm relationships among staff and students foster a supportive community, with parents expressing high levels of satisfaction with the school's commitment to their children's education. There are varied extracurricular activities that enhance pupils' personal development, helping them build resilience and character.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behavior and engagement.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective training for staff to support curriculum delivery.
• Reading is prioritized with a strong phonics program.
• Good assessment practices to identify and address learning gaps.
• Inclusive education for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some gaps in knowledge progression for a few subjects in the wider curriculum.
• Inconsistent delivery of the wider curriculum due to varying subject knowledge among staff.

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 2022–23 pupils at East Anstey Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.1%). 19.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 16.2%).

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 East Anstey 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 East Anstey Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 50.0% 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, 8.6% of pupils at East Anstey Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 East Anstey Primary School received £11,149 and spent £10,866 for each of its 103 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £110,000 (£1,072 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). This school files a single return with the other schools in its federation, so the figures are for the whole federation.

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What is East Anstey Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Anstey Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was East Anstey Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

East Anstey Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does East Anstey Primary School have?

East Anstey Primary School has 35 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Anstey Primary School cover?

East Anstey Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is East Anstey Primary School?

East Anstey Primary School is at East Anstey, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 9JP.