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Marpool Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 192 pupils Exmouth
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Marpool Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Exmouth for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 192 pupils on roll. In 2025, 31% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has more teachers for its size than most primary schools: 13 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Moorfield Road
Exmouth
Devon
EX8 3QW
Phone 01392304040
Reference Number 150964

General Makeup

Number of pupils 192
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.35%
Girls: 53.65%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 16.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 4 14 18
2 6 12 18
3 7 21 28
4 15 5 20
5 21 19 40
6 20 25 45

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.7%
White, Other 3.1%
Chinese 1%
Mixed, Other 1%
African 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 31%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

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 102
Maths 99

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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.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 7 0
Third Preference 4 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Marpool Primary School had 230 pupils for 420 places. 190 places (45.2%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Exmouth town Primary” planning area

Devon counted 271 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 229 in 2029–30, down 15%.

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 Marpool Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 5.2%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%
Severely absent pupils 1.3%

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 Marpool Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Marpool Primary School had 13.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 11.18.0
Teachers who left state teaching 10.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 44.4%–
Sick days per teacher 1.8–

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, 20.3% of pupils at Marpool Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 4 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 24 6
Social, emotional and mental health 5 7
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Moderate learning difficulty 3 1
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Physical 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 Marpool Primary School received £10,980 and spent £7,841 for each of its 243 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £66,000 (£271 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Cornerstone Academy Trust, income was £7,703 and spending £7,820 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £66,000
per pupil £271
In-year balance £763,000
per pupil £3,139

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
Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School
Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 3BA
0.22 miles
Bassetts Farm Primary School
St John's Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 4GB
0.53 miles
Brixington Primary Academy
Brixington Lane, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 4JQ
0.66 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth
Regents Gate, St Josephs Rc Primary School, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1TA
0.71 miles
Littleham Church of England Primary School
Littledown Close, Littleham, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2QY
0.86 miles
Exeter Road Community Primary School
Exeter Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1PU
0.87 miles
The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School
1 Beacon Place, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2SR
1.11 miles
St Peter's Preparatory School
1.79 miles
Lympstone Church of England Primary School
School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 5JY
2.03 miles
Starcross Primary School
New Road, Exeter, Devon, Devon, EX6 8QD
2.45 miles
Cockwood Primary School
Cofton Hill, Cockwood, Exeter, Devon, EX6 8RB
2.53 miles
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Moor Lane, St. Peters C of E Primary School, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6QF
2.73 miles
Woodbury Church of England Primary School
Castle Lane, Woodbury, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1EA
3.34 miles
Kenton Primary School
The Playing Field, East Town Lane, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8JT
3.6 miles
Drake's Church of England Primary School
Middle Street, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7DQ
3.61 miles
Gatehouse Primary Academy
Secmaton Lane, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0LW
4.24 miles
Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School
Stony Lane, Woodbury Salterton, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1PP
4.34 miles
Otterton Church of England Primary School
Church Hill, Otterton, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7HU
4.54 miles
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School
Clyst St George, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0RE
4.71 miles
Name Distance
Exmouth Community College
Gipsy Lane, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 3AF
0.53 miles
Royal Deaf Education Trust
1 Douglas Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2AU
1.05 miles
Chances Educational Support Services
Red Rock, Sandy Lane, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0AF
4.1 miles
Dawlish College
Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0BY
4.26 miles
Education and Care (Devon) Ltd At 7-9 Oak Park Villas
Oak Park Road, Dawlish, EX7 0DE
4.37 miles
Mill Water School
Bicton, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7BJ
4.5 miles

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

Marpool Primary School is part of Cornerstone Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Marpool Primary School have?

Marpool Primary School has 192 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marpool Primary School cover?

Marpool Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 31% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Marpool Primary School?

Marpool Primary School is at Moorfield Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 3QW.

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