Exwick Heights Primary School

Exwick Heights Primary School demonstrates a strong overall performance, with a judgment of 'Good' in most areas and 'Outstanding' in personal development. The school fosters an environment where pupils feel safe and welcomed, showcasing high attendance and a passion for learning. With an ambitious curriculum and dedicated staff, pupils are encouraged to strive for success. The involvement of the Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust provides a supportive governance structure, helping the school adapt effectively to recent challenges, including its first inspection after becoming an academy.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils leading to strong learning outcomes.
• Strong culture of reading with effective phonics teaching.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behavior and attitudes to learning.
• Wide range of enrichment opportunities for personal development.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils that enhance learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Lack of precision in knowledge retention during independent learning in early years.

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 Exwick Heights Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Exwick Heights Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Exwick Heights Primary School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.1% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Exwick Heights Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Exwick Heights Primary School received £5,813 and spent £6,465 for each of its 538 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £366,000 (£681 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,641 and spending £7,750 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

Exwick Heights Primary School is part of The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• West Exe School Exeter
• Isca Academy Exeter
• St James School Exeter
• Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School Exeter
• Whipton Barton Junior School Exeter
• Matford Brook Academy Exeter
• St Luke's Church of England School Exeter
• Queen Elizabeth's Crediton
• Cranbrook Education Campus Exeter
• Exmouth Community College Exmouth

What is Exwick Heights Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Exwick Heights Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Exwick Heights Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Exwick Heights Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Exwick Heights Primary School have?

Exwick Heights Primary School has 496 pupils on roll.

What age range does Exwick Heights Primary School cover?

Exwick Heights Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Exwick Heights Primary School?

Exwick Heights Primary School is at Exwick Lane, Exwick, Exeter, Devon, EX4 2FB.