Denbury Primary School

Denbury Primary School is performing well overall, with a good quality of education, positive behavior and attitudes, and outstanding early years provision. Pupils feel safe and included, and they benefit from a nurturing environment that supports their personal development. The school has a strong focus on reading and an ambitious curriculum, which helps build pupils' confidence and fosters a love of learning, especially in the early years. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in the use of assessment and monitoring of behavior records, which are necessary for ensuring every pupil receives the support they need.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and safe, feeling proud of school values.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils creating a nurturing environment.
• Ambitious curriculum designed with a clear understanding of what pupils should learn.
• Early years provision is outstanding, with children excelling in a language-rich environment.
• Effective adaptation of learning for pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• Insufficient monitoring of behavior and safeguarding records by leaders and governors.

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 Denbury Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Denbury 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 Denbury Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.7% 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, 14.4% of pupils at Denbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 Denbury Primary School received £7,624 and spent £7,508 for each of its 106 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £51,000 (£481 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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What is Denbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Denbury Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Denbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Denbury Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Denbury Primary School have?

Denbury Primary School has 111 pupils on roll.

What age range does Denbury Primary School cover?

Denbury Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 31% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Denbury Primary School?

Denbury Primary School is at West Street, Denbury, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6DP.