Hazeldown School

Hazeldown School is a primary school with early years provision that was judged good across all key areas at its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. Pupils are described as safe, respectful and well behaved, with learning rarely disrupted, and the school’s high expectations are reflected in strong attendance and positive attitudes. Leaders have built an ambitious and rich curriculum, and reading and phonics are prioritised effectively from the start, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Strengths

• Ambitious and rich curriculum supports pupils from early years through Year 6
• Strong focus on communication and language from pre-school onwards
• Effective phonics teaching with regular checks and support for pupils falling behind
• Pupils behave well and learning is rarely disrupted
• Attendance is exceptionally strong, including for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND
• Rich wider opportunities including clubs, trips, forest school and leadership roles
• Pupils feel safe and know they can talk to a trusted adult
• Governors have the skills and expertise to challenge and support the school
• Staff are overwhelmingly positive and proud to work at the school
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some curriculum areas, essential subject-specific knowledge is not clearly identified and sequenced, leading to gaps in pupils’ knowledge and difficulty recalling prior content

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 Hazeldown School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% 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 Hazeldown 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 Hazeldown School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% 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, 10.7% of pupils at Hazeldown School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Hazeldown School received £6,783 and spent £6,743 for each of its 403 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £351,000 (£870 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 Hazeldown School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hazeldown School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Hazeldown School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hazeldown School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Hazeldown School have?

Hazeldown School has 403 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hazeldown School cover?

Hazeldown School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hazeldown School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hazeldown School?

Hazeldown School is at Maudlin Drive, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 8SE.