Devonshire Primary School

About Devonshire Primary School

Devonshire Primary School sits within the London borough of Sutton, a local authority with a strong reputation for primary education. Among the 42 state primary schools in Sutton, Devonshire ranks 27th based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. The top-performing peers in the borough include Cheam Fields Primary Academy, Westbourne Primary School and Cheam Common Junior Academy, all of which score higher on the same metric. Devonshire is a larger-than-average primary, with 679 pupils on roll against a capacity of 630, and it offers nursery provision for children from age three. The school is non-denominational and mixed, with a headteacher, Fiona Oastler, who has been in post since at least the most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2025. The school’s most recent graded inspection confirmed a Good rating across all areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision.

In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 55% of Devonshire pupils achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Sutton local authority average of 69%. The school’s ranking within Sutton places it in the bottom half of primary schools in the borough, and nationally it sits in the 68th percentile. Looking at individual subjects, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, 74% in maths, and 61% in writing. At the higher standard, 28% achieved above the expected level in reading, 38% in maths, and 9% in writing. The average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 106 in maths. The school’s previous Ofsted inspection in 2015 also rated it Good overall, with the same grade for leadership and management and early years provision. The most recent inspection, carried out in January 2025, was a graded inspection that found all areas to be Good, though the overall effectiveness was not judged on that occasion.

Devonshire is a heavily oversubscribed school, receiving 292 applications for 90 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, with 83 first-preference offers made from 94 first-preference applications. The school offers a range of facilities including a library, sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, a forest school area and a sensory room. Sports on offer include football, swimming, athletics, gymnastics, tennis and cross country, while clubs include film club, drama, choir and science club. The school’s SEND provisions cover a wide range of needs, including autistic spectrum disorder, speech, language and communication needs, social, emotional and mental health difficulties, and specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Parent View responses, collected between September 2024 and September 2025, show that 93% of the 140 respondents would recommend the school, with strong majorities agreeing that children are happy, feel safe, and that the school has high expectations. This is a school that suits families who value a broad range of activities and a supportive SEND framework, but who are comfortable with academic results that sit below the strong local average.

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