Teignmouth Primary School

Teignmouth Community School is performing well, achieving a good rating across all areas of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provisions. Leaders are dedicated to supporting all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which helps foster a positive and ambitious learning environment. The school effectively emphasizes reading as a central element of its curriculum, which has significantly boosted students' confidence and enjoyment in learning. The community aspect and pupil involvement create a safe and engaging atmosphere for all students.

Strengths

• Leaders have high aspirations for all pupils.
• Pupils exhibit good behavior and respect throughout the school.
• Reading is prioritized and effectively taught, fostering a love for literature.
• High-quality outdoor education strengthens pupils' science knowledge.
• The school provides well-planned opportunities for personal development.
• Robust safeguarding practices are in place.
• Pupils with SEND thrive with tailored support.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment practices beyond English and mathematics need improvement to clarify pupils' long-term retention of knowledge.
• Inconsistent implementation of the early years curriculum hampers children's learning opportunities.

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 Teignmouth Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.3% 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, 5.8% of pupils at Teignmouth 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 Teignmouth Primary School had 14.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.1% 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, 19.8% of pupils at Teignmouth Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 2024–25 Teignmouth Primary School received £7,581 and spent £7,566 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £33,000 (£146 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Ivy Education Trust, income was £8,017 and spending £8,030 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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All schools in Teignmouth · Devon local authority: places and applications

Teignmouth Primary School is part of Ivy Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road Teignmouth
• Dawlish College Dawlish
• Newton Abbot College Newton Abbot
• Cockwood Primary School Exeter
• Starcross Primary School Exeter, Devon
• Kenton Primary School Exeter
• Kenn Church of England Primary School Exeter

What is Teignmouth Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Teignmouth Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Teignmouth Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Teignmouth Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Teignmouth Primary School have?

Teignmouth Primary School has 197 pupils on roll.

What age range does Teignmouth Primary School cover?

Teignmouth Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Teignmouth Primary School?

Teignmouth Primary School is at Mill Lane, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 9BB.