Highampton Community Primary School

Highampton Community Primary School has been inspected for the first time since its conversion to an academy in 2018 and is rated as good across all categories. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to the education and personal development of its pupils. Students enjoy their learning, exhibit positive behavior, and actively contribute to the school community through various clubs and activities. Parents express high levels of satisfaction, with all respondents recommending the school. This is a small rural school, with a higher-than-average proportion of pupils with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit kindness and happiness while attending school.
• The school maintains high expectations for pupil behavior.
• The curriculum is well-designed for mixed-age classes.
• Strong emphasis on early reading and phonics instruction.
• Effective use of assessment to support pupil progress.
• Broad personal development opportunities including residential trips.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum in some subjects does not build effectively on early years learning.
• Pupils' understanding of diversity beyond their community is limited.

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 Highampton Community Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.7% 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 Highampton Community 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 Highampton Community Primary School had 10.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 54.5% 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, 18.2% of pupils at Highampton Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 12.1% 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 Highampton Community Primary School received £10,433 and spent £9,980 for each of its 27 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £9,000 (£327 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,662 and spending £8,326 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 Beaworthy · Devon local authority: places and applications

Highampton Community Primary School is part of Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Black Torrington Church of England Primary School Beaworthy
• Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary School Okehampton
• Bradford Primary School Holsworthy
• Boasley Cross Community Primary School Okehampton
• Exbourne Church of England Primary School Okehampton
• Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit Okehampton
• St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School Okehampton
• Okehampton College Okehampton
• The Promise School Okehampton
• Holsworthy Community College Holsworthy

What is Highampton Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Highampton Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Highampton Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Highampton Community Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Highampton Community Primary School have?

Highampton Community Primary School has 33 pupils on roll.

What age range does Highampton Community Primary School cover?

Highampton Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Highampton Community Primary School?

Highampton Community Primary School is at Highampton, Beaworthy, Devon, EX21 5LE.