East Allington Primary School

East Allington Primary School demonstrates overall good performance across all evaluated areas, with leaders and staff fostering a positive and caring environment for students. The school emphasizes attributes such as being active, bold, and caring, instilling strong values in pupils. There is a notable focus on early years education, which provides a solid foundation for children, and a well-structured curriculum that enables pupils to build on their knowledge effectively. The school has a commendable culture of safeguarding and personal development, helping pupils to feel safe and supported in their learning journey.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on personal development and values.
• Effective early years provision enabling a secure start.
• Curriculum well-structured and sequenced across subjects.
• High expectations set for pupil behaviour and learning.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Strong support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders lack clarity in evaluating the curriculum's impact on pupil learning.
• Inconsistency in staff delivering phonics instruction with precision.

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 East Allington Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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 East Allington 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 East Allington Primary School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 43.2% 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, 15.0% of pupils at East Allington Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 East Allington Primary School received £8,390 and spent £7,770 for each of its 87 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £17,000 (-£199 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Education South West, income was £7,824 and spending £7,754 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 Totnes · Devon local authority: places and applications

East Allington Primary School is part of Education South West, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Blackawton Primary School Totnes
• Kingsbridge Primary School Kingsbridge
• Kingsbridge Academy Kingsbridge
• Stoke Fleming Community Primary School Dartmouth
• Dartmouth Academy Dartmouth
• King Edward VI Community College Totnes
• Coombeshead Academy Newton Abbot
• South Devon UTC Newton Abbot
• Teign School Newton Abbot
• Kingsteignton School Newton Abbot

What is East Allington Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Allington Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was East Allington Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

East Allington Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does East Allington Primary School have?

East Allington Primary School has 80 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Allington Primary School cover?

East Allington Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is East Allington Primary School?

East Allington Primary School is at Church Hill, East Allington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 7RE.