Halwill Community Primary School

Halwill Community Primary is a small village school at the heart of its community and part of the Carey Federation. Pupils achieve well, behave exceptionally well and benefit from an ambitious, knowledge-rich curriculum underpinned by high expectations. Reading and phonics are particular strengths, pupils with SEND are supported effectively, and the early years provision gives children a positive start. Personal development is a standout feature, with carefully planned opportunities that broaden pupils’ experience beyond the rural context and prepare them well for the next stage of their education. Leadership is effective, governors know the school well, staff morale is high and parents are highly supportive. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and robust systems have helped improve attendance. Pupils are kind, respectful and confident, and they value the leadership, enrichment and residential opportunities available to them. The main area for improvement is that, in a small number of subjects, the essential knowledge pupils need to know and remember has not been precisely identified. This means teachers do not always emphasise and revisit the right content, so pupils do not consistently recall prior learning or make connections across their learning.

Strengths

• Exemplary pupil behaviour and mature attitudes to learning.
• Strong personal development provision that broadens pupils’ horizons beyond the rural context.
• Ambitious, knowledge-rich curriculum with high expectations and outcomes above national standards.
• Well-embedded phonics and reading provision with prompt support for pupils at risk of falling behind.
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and access the ambitious curriculum well.
• Positive early years provision that builds strong relationships and a love of reading.
• Robust attendance systems have improved attendance.
• Effective leadership and governance, with high staff morale and supportive parents.
• A wide range of enrichment, leadership and residential opportunities builds confidence and resilience.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, essential knowledge is not precisely identified, so pupils do not consistently recall prior learning or make connections.

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 Halwill Community Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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 Halwill Community 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 Halwill Community Primary School had 12.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Halwill Community 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 Halwill Community Primary School received £10,254 and spent £10,989 for each of its 113 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £58,000 (£511 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 Halwill Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Halwill Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Halwill Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Halwill Community Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Halwill Community Primary School have?

Halwill Community Primary School has 77 pupils on roll.

What age range does Halwill Community Primary School cover?

Halwill Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Halwill Community Primary School?

Halwill Community Primary School is at Dreybury Lane, Halwill, Beaworthy, Devon, EX21 5XU.