Ipplepen Primary School

Ipplepen Primary School continues to demonstrate a strong performance, maintaining its status as a good school. The community plays a vital role in supporting the school, fostering a sense of belonging among pupils. With a focus on reading and phonics, leaders have effectively implemented a curriculum that promotes engagement and excitement for learning. Notably, the school encourages positive relationships and mental health support through programs led by older students, contributing to a supportive atmosphere for all pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils have a strong sense of belonging and community involvement.
• Leaders prioritize reading and phonics with effective teaching strategies.
• Pupils exhibit positive attitudes towards learning.
• The curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced in most subjects.
• Pupils with SEND are included and supported well.
• High standards of behaviour are maintained throughout the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects have gaps in pupils' knowledge due to ineffective assessment.
• Learning is not consistently built on pupils' prior knowledge in foundation subjects.

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 Ipplepen Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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 Ipplepen 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 Ipplepen Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.4% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Ipplepen Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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.

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All schools in Newton Abbot · Devon local authority: places and applications

Ipplepen Primary School is part of United Schools' Learning Partnership, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Doddiscombsleigh Primary School Exeter
• Spreyton School Crediton
• Copplestone Primary School Crediton
• Filleigh Community Primary School Barnstaple

What is Ipplepen Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Ipplepen Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ipplepen Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Ipplepen Primary School have?

Ipplepen Primary School has 161 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ipplepen Primary School cover?

Ipplepen Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ipplepen Primary School?

Ipplepen Primary School is at Biltor Road, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 5QL.