Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School

About Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School

Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School received a Requires Improvement rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2024, a downgrade from the Good rating it held in its previous inspection. The inspection judged leadership and management, along with the quality of education, as requiring improvement, though early years provision, behaviour and attitudes, and personal development were all rated Good. On the headline academic measure for primary schools, the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined stood at 41% in the 2023/24 academic year. That is notably below the Devon local authority average of 57% and places the school 16th out of 21 primary schools in the Torridge district. In the wider South West region, it ranks in the bottom half of schools on this metric, and nationally it sits in the 90th percentile — meaning roughly nine out of ten primary schools in England outperform it on this combined measure.

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