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Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy

Primary Ages 2-11 149 pupils Kingsbridge
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Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy is an academy converter in Kingsbridge for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 149 pupils on roll. In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Many teachers don't stay: 77% of its teachers had left the school a year later (in 2017/18), against 20% nationally. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 27.4 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address Thurlestone
Kingsbridge
Devon
TQ7 3NB
Phone 01548560494
Reference Number 144074

General Makeup

Number of pupils 149
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.69%
Girls: 46.31%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 11 19
2 6 6 12
3 9 15 24
4 12 7 19
5 12 4 16
6 16 9 25

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 75.8%
Unclassified 19.5%
White, Other 4%
White & Asian 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 25 Feb 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
25 Feb 2025 School inspection
26 Nov 2019 School inspection
06 Apr 2017 Academy conversion letter
05 Dec 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Primary School
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
28 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
23 Feb 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 89%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 26%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 110
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.7
Writing 4
Maths 6.4

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 6 0
Third Preference 1 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy had 143 pupils for 133 places. That is 10 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Kingsbridge Rural Primary” planning area

Devon counted 100 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 70 in 2029–30, down 30%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 133133133133133133133133
Pupils 126121114139137132130143
Unfilled 5.3%9.0%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.8%2.3%0.0%

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 Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.4%2.9%1.8%5.6%4.5%3.9%4.3%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%0.9%0.8%1.0%1.6%2.1%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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, 1.3% of pupils at Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.80.00.00.00.01.32.62.7
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy had 27.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 45.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 4.912.210.314.312.016.912.911.613.3
Teachers who left state teaching 35.1%0.0%16.7%0.0%42.9%50.0%0.0%12.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 0.0%––16.7%60.0%14.3%66.7%22.2%–
Sick days per teacher 0.0––0.33.60.31.00.3–

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, 14.8% of pupils at Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 7 0
Moderate learning difficulty 5 0
Social, emotional and mental health 4 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Speech, language and communication needs 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

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 Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy received £6,108 and spent £6,793 for each of its 148 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £72,000 (£487 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Learning Academy Partnership (South West), income was £7,538 and spending £7,364 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £66,000£124,000£103,000£126,000£120,000£59,000£72,000
per pupil £487£1,056£715£836£827£400£487
In-year balance -£146,000-£78,000-£100,000-£71,000-£69,000-£76,000-£101,000
per pupil -£1,075-£667-£695-£472-£478-£515-£685

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.

Name Distance
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Higher Town, Malborough, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 3RN
2.81 miles
West Alvington Church of England Academy
West Alvington, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 3PP
2.85 miles
Aveton Gifford CofE Primary School
Fore Street, Aveton Gifford, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 4LB
2.98 miles
Kingsbridge Primary School
Belle Cross Road, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 1NL
3.98 miles
Salcombe Church of England Primary School
Onslow Road, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8AG
4.29 miles
Loddiswell Primary School
Beechwood Park, Loddiswell, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 4BY
4.43 miles
Charleton Church of England Academy
West Charleton, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 2AL
4.78 miles
Name Distance
Kingsbridge Academy
Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 1PL
3.28 miles

All schools in Kingsbridge · Devon local authority: places and applications

Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy is part of Learning Academy Partnership (South West), which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy have?

Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy has 149 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy cover?

Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy?

Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy is at Thurlestone, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 3NB.

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