Heathcoat Primary School

Heathcoat Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement in overall effectiveness, following its recent inspection. While the school has demonstrated strengths in behavior, attitudes, and personal development, the quality of education has not reached good standards as the curriculum remains insufficiently developed. The school has made efforts to enhance the learning environment and engages pupils well; however, the curriculum lacks coherence and depth in several subjects, impacting pupils' overall knowledge acquisition. Additionally, while the leadership and management are working towards improvement, there are notable gaps in the uniformity of curriculum implementation across different subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils display welcoming and polite behavior.
• The school has made positive improvements in pupil behavior and personal development.
• Relationships among pupils and staff reflect a positive and respectful culture.
• Children in Nursery make a strong start and develop their vocabulary effectively.
• The school promotes equality of opportunity for all pupils in enrichment activities.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum is not securely established, lacking clarity in essential subject content.
• Subject leaders do not have sufficient oversight, leading to inconsistent curriculum delivery.
• Pupils do not develop a secure understanding of key subject concepts.

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 Heathcoat Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.0% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Heathcoat 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 Heathcoat Primary School had 17.3 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, 19.9% of pupils at Heathcoat Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Heathcoat Primary School received £9,247 and spent £8,877 for each of its 314 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £145,000 (£464 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 Heathcoat Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heathcoat Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Heathcoat Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heathcoat Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Heathcoat Primary School have?

Heathcoat Primary School has 267 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heathcoat Primary School cover?

Heathcoat Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 28% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heathcoat Primary School?

Heathcoat Primary School is at Broad Lane, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 5HE.