Kenton Primary School

Kenton Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all key areas including the quality of education and leadership. The school has overcome significant challenges, particularly following a devastating flood that displaced the school and necessitated resource replacement. Despite these difficulties, the commitment of school leaders to maintaining educational quality and supporting families has helped reinforce a strong foundation for student learning and well-being. Pupils display pride in their school and its values, contributing to positive behaviour and engagement in learning activities.

Strengths

• Strong leadership ensures a supportive educational environment.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behaviour reflecting school values.
• Early reading is emphasized effectively in the curriculum.
• Curriculum adaptations meet the needs of all pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND facilitates achievement.
• Staff well-being and workload management are prioritized.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack effective curriculum implementation.
• Staff subject knowledge in certain subjects needs further development.

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 Kenton Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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, 3.8% of pupils at Kenton 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 Kenton Primary School had 11.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 58.3% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Kenton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Kenton Primary School received £10,209 and spent £10,927 for each of its 54 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£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 Exeter · Devon local authority: places and applications

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

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

What is Kenton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Kenton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kenton Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Kenton Primary School have?

Kenton Primary School has 62 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kenton Primary School cover?

Kenton Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kenton Primary School?

Kenton Primary School is at The Playing Field, East Town Lane, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8JT.