Awliscombe Church of England Primary School

About Awliscombe Church of England Primary School

Awliscombe Church of England Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, a grade it has maintained since its previous inspection a decade earlier. However, the inspection report reveals a more nuanced picture: while the school is Good overall and across most individual categories, its early years provision was judged as Requires improvement. The most telling academic metric for this small primary in East Devon is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard score. Just 44% of pupils reached this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year, which is notably below the Devon local authority average of 57%. This places the school in the bottom half of primary schools nationally, ranking 11,807th out of 13,686 schools, and 188th out of 309 similar schools within the local authority.

Looking more closely at the individual subject results, the picture is mixed. In reading, 67% of pupils met the expected standard and 33% achieved a higher score, with an average scaled score of 104. Maths saw 56% reach the expected standard and 11% achieve a higher score, with an average of 102. Writing proved more challenging, with 56% meeting the expected standard and none reaching the higher standard. No pupils achieved the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. The school's progress scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. In the East Devon local authority ranking, Awliscombe sits 35th out of 44 schools, placing it in the bottom 50% of its immediate area.

The school serves just 92 pupils against a capacity of 105, and it is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 11 first-preference applications for 11 places and 19 total applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.73. Facilities include a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, library, chapel, ICT suite and music rooms, and the school offers a range of clubs from chess and coding to choir and gardening. Sports provision covers football, dance, cricket, netball, rounders and cross country. The school has identified SEND support for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social and emotional mental health needs, and hearing impairment. With its Church of England character and small, rural setting, Awliscombe may suit families who value a close-knit community feel and are comfortable with academic outcomes that sit below local averages, particularly in core subjects at Key Stage 2.

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