Ide Primary School

Ide Primary School has made a strong start in its newly established status as an academy, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating in its first Ofsted inspection. The school prides itself on creating a nurturing environment where pupils feel valued and safe, contributing to their happy and engaging educational experience. The curriculum is ambitious and focuses well on essential skills, allowing pupils to develop resilience and independence from an early age. However, there are some areas that require attention, particularly in ensuring that knowledge acquisition is consistent across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils and staff express pride in being part of Ide Primary School.
• High expectations for all pupils with a strong emphasis on reading from early years.
• Support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is effective.
• Curriculum promotes understanding of respect, boundaries, and healthy relationships.
• Wide range of extracurricular clubs and opportunities for broader development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clear identification of key knowledge to be retained.
• Subject leaders are new and do not yet have a comprehensive view of assessment.
• Knowledge building is inconsistent in some wider curriculum subjects.

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 Ide Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Ide 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 Ide Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.9% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Ide Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Ide Primary School received £6,674 and spent £6,667 for each of its 141 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £53,000 (-£377 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Exeter Learning Academy Trust, income was £6,265 and spending £6,136 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 Exeter · Devon local authority: places and applications

Ide Primary School is part of Exeter Learning Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Bowhill Primary School Exeter
• Alphington Primary School Exeter
• St Thomas Primary School Exeter

What is Ide Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ide Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Ide Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ide Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Ide Primary School have?

Ide Primary School has 143 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ide Primary School cover?

Ide Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

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

Where is Ide Primary School?

Ide Primary School is at High Street, Ide, Exeter, Devon, EX2 9RN.