Bradworthy Primary Academy

Bradworthy Primary Academy is currently rated as requiring improvement across various areas, reflecting several challenges in its educational offerings. The school benefits from a strong culture of respect and politeness among pupils and enjoys robust community ties, with staff being attentive to the needs of students and their families. However, the curriculum has significant gaps, particularly in phonics and early years education, which are not well sequenced or effectively delivered. This has resulted in some pupils lacking the necessary knowledge to progress in their learning. The previous inspection noted a good performance, highlighting a notable decline that necessitates urgent attention.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit good behavior and attitudes in a calm and orderly environment.
• The school is well-integrated into the community and provides strong support for families.
• A broad range of extracurricular activities and experiences is offered to pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum lacks coherence and does not build knowledge progressively.
• Phonics curriculum is poorly structured and not effectively taught.
• Early years curriculum does not focus well on communication and language development.
• Personal, social, and health education curriculum is ineffective and lacks age-appropriate content.
• Trustees have an overgenerous view of the school's educational quality.

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 Bradworthy Primary Academy attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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 Bradworthy Primary Academy 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 Bradworthy Primary Academy had 25.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.1% 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, 14.6% of pupils at Bradworthy Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 2024–25 Bradworthy Primary Academy received £7,446 and spent £6,644 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £197,000 (£975 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Bradworthy Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bradworthy Primary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Bradworthy Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bradworthy Primary Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Bradworthy Primary Academy have?

Bradworthy Primary Academy has 185 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bradworthy Primary Academy cover?

Bradworthy Primary Academy for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Bradworthy Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Bradworthy Primary Academy?

Bradworthy Primary Academy is at Bradworthy, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7RT.