Canada Hill Community Primary School

Canada Hill Community Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. Having not been inspected for 14 years, the school was previously rated outstanding but now reflects the current inspection framework under which it has been assessed. Pupils exhibit a strong sense of pride in their school, engage actively in a variety of extracurricular activities, and benefit from a well-structured curriculum that focuses on key learning areas, particularly reading and phonics from the early years onward. Parents express high levels of satisfaction with communication and support provided by staff.

Strengths

• The school has a welcoming culture and knows pupils and families well.
• Pupils demonstrate good behaviour and are polite and courteous.
• There is a broad and ambitious curriculum that is well-planned.
• The early years provision effectively prepares children for future learning.
• The support for pupils with SEND is diligent and well-implemented.
• Pupils have access to an abundance of clubs and extra-curricular activities.
• Parent feedback on school communication and support is very positive.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, checks on pupils' knowledge are too broad and do not accurately reflect their abilities.

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 Canada Hill Community Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.7% 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 Canada Hill Community 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 Canada Hill Community Primary School had 24.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% 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, 10.2% of pupils at Canada Hill Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Canada Hill Community Primary School received £6,438 and spent £6,432 for each of its 344 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £132,000 (£385 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 Canada Hill Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Canada Hill Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Canada Hill Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Canada Hill Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Canada Hill Community Primary School have?

Canada Hill Community Primary School has 344 pupils on roll.

What age range does Canada Hill Community Primary School cover?

Canada Hill Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Canada Hill Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Canada Hill Community Primary School?

Canada Hill Community Primary School is at Abbotsridge Drive, East Ogwell, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6YS.