Landscove Church of England Primary School

About Landscove Church of England Primary School

Landscove Church of England Primary School is a small village primary in South Hams, Devon, and its most recent Key Stage 2 results put it comfortably ahead of the local authority average. In the 2023/24 academic year, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Devon average of 57%. That’s a fourteen-point gap, and it places the school 14th out of 35 primaries in the South Hams district and 48th out of 309 across the whole of Devon. The school also outperforms on the higher standard: 29% of pupils achieved that benchmark, while in reading specifically, 57% scored at the higher level. The average reading scaled score was 111, and maths came in at 103. With just 87 pupils on roll and a capacity of 105, this is a genuinely small school where those headline figures reflect consistent, above-average outcomes rather than statistical noise.

The school’s Ofsted rating is Good, following a graded inspection in January 2020 and an ungraded visit in April 2025 where inspectors confirmed that standards were maintained. Every graded category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was rated Good. That’s a step down from the school’s previous Outstanding rating in 2008, but the current judgement is solid and recent. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive: 96% of respondents would recommend the school, and 91% strongly agreed or agreed that their child is happy there. On safety, 97% felt their child is safe, and 96% agreed that their child does well. The school’s SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, and other disabilities, though the parent view data on SEND support had no responses, so it’s hard to gauge satisfaction in that area directly.

Facilities are generous for a school of this size, including a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, a library, an ICT suite, music rooms, a sensory room, and even a chapel. Clubs run the gamut from choir and art club to coding, science club, eco club and film club, while sports include football, netball, cricket, gymnastics, dance, cross country and rounders. The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 23 applications for 12 places, with all 12 first-preference applicants receiving offers. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 1.92, so it’s worth getting your application in early. Landscove is a Church of England school, and its small size means children get a lot of individual attention. It’s best suited to families who want strong academic results in a tight-knit, rural setting and who are comfortable with the limited year-group numbers that come with a school of fewer than 90 pupils.

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