Stokenham Area Primary School

Stokenham Area Primary School is performing well overall, rated 'Good' in most areas but excelling in aspects of behavior and early years provision. The school has a strong emphasis on high expectations for all pupils and successfully nurtures important values such as kindness and responsibility. With a well-structured curriculum that prepares students for future learning, the school's emphasis on reading is particularly notable. However, this is the school’s first inspection since its previous 'Outstanding' rating 12 years ago, and it reflects changes under a new framework, highlighting the importance of adaptability in a changing educational landscape.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate exceptional behavior and positive attitudes to learning.
• The school provides a broad and varied curriculum.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• The reading curriculum is ambitious and well-structured.
• Early years provision is outstanding and well-planned.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, key knowledge is not identified precisely, leading to superficial understanding.

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 Stokenham Area Primary School attended 93.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Stokenham Area 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 Stokenham Area Primary School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.2% 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 Stokenham Area Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Stokenham Area Primary School received £6,933 and spent £7,145 for each of its 557 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £453,000 (£813 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 Stokenham Area Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Stokenham Area Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stokenham Area Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Stokenham Area Primary School have?

Stokenham Area Primary School has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stokenham Area Primary School cover?

Stokenham Area Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stokenham Area Primary School?

Stokenham Area Primary School is at Stokenham, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 2SJ.