Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School

Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School demonstrates a strong performance, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. The school has established a welcoming atmosphere where high expectations are set for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Students benefit from an ambitious curriculum and a range of extracurricular activities that enhance their learning experiences. The commitment to reading is evident, with effective phonics instruction starting early and a culture of reading for pleasure fostered within the school community.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on inclusive education for pupils with SEND.
• Ambitious curriculum designed with clear learning outcomes.
• Effective communication and engagement in promoting mental health.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities to broaden student experiences.
• Positive relationship-building between pupils and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum sequencing not fully developed in a few subjects.
• Some parents feel inadequately informed about school behaviour management.

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 Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.9% 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, 5.3% of pupils at Highweek Community Primary and Nursery 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 Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School had 25.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.1% 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, 32.8% of pupils at Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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 Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School received £8,142 and spent £8,566 for each of its 273 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £120,000 (-£441 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 Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School have?

Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School has 287 pupils on roll.

What age range does Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School cover?

Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School?

Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School is at Coronation Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1TX.