Two Moors Primary School

Two Moors Primary School is performing well overall, with a strong emphasis on personal development and an effective safeguarding culture that keeps pupils safe. The school has structured its curriculum to promote character, confidence, and resilience among pupils, preparing them for future success while fostering respect for diverse beliefs and cultures. Despite these strengths, particularly in early years education, the school faces challenges in academic performance, especially for disadvantaged pupils, whose progress has been slow and inconsistent. Several areas, including writing and attendance rates, need urgent attention, particularly for disadvantaged learners who are not achieving expected levels in key subjects.

Strengths

• Comprehensive and ambitious personal development program
• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupil safety
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff promoting a safe environment
• Effective early years education with strong language and communication skills development
• Ambitious and rich curriculum beyond English and mathematics

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics is below national standards
• Disadvantaged pupils are not achieving well, especially in writing
• High absence rates for disadvantaged pupils despite monitoring efforts
• Teaching does not adequately support pupils with writing gaps
• Imprecise adaptations for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities

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 Two Moors Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Two Moors Primary School 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 Two Moors Primary School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Two Moors Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Two Moors Primary School received £6,928 and spent £7,059 for each of its 349 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £156,000 (-£446 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 Two Moors Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Two Moors Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Two Moors Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Two Moors Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Two Moors Primary School have?

Two Moors Primary School has 358 pupils on roll.

What age range does Two Moors Primary School cover?

Two Moors Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Two Moors Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Two Moors Primary School?

Two Moors Primary School is at Cowleymoor Road, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6HH.