Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit

Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school is recognized for its inclusive environment, where positive relationships between staff and students foster a nurturing community. Pupils are enthusiastic learners, engaging with a well-structured curriculum that encourages creativity and resilience. Notable strengths include high-quality teaching, effective support for pupils with special educational needs, and a rich personal development program that equips pupils with essential social skills and responsibilities.

Strengths

• Positive relationships between staff and pupils
• High expectations for behaviour and inclusivity
• Effective teaching and ambitious curriculum from Nursery to Year 6
• Strong emphasis on reading and literacy across all ages
• Well-planned mathematics curriculum with high-quality work from older pupils
• High participation in extracurricular activities and sports
• Strong focus on pupils' social and emotional well-being

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, the curriculum lacks detailed planning of essential knowledge
• Pupils may be introduced to new concepts before they are ready in some 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 Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.8% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit had 25.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.3% 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, 13.7% of pupils at Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit received £6,665 and spent £6,676 for each of its 446 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £87,000 (£196 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 Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit last inspected by Ofsted?

Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit have?

Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit has 467 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit cover?

Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit?

Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit is at Ogwell Mill Road, Bradley Barton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1PR.