Moretonhampstead Primary School

About Moretonhampstead Primary School

Moretonhampstead Primary School is a state-funded mixed primary in the Devon local authority, serving children from age 2 to 11 in the Teignbridge area. Within Devon’s primary landscape, it sits at rank 213 out of 309 same-type schools, placing it in the bottom half of the local authority. The top-performing peers in the area include Stockland Church of England Primary Academy, Upottery Primary School, and Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary School, all of which achieve higher ranking scores. The school has a relatively small roll of 124 pupils against a capacity of 175, and 13.7 per cent of children are eligible for free school meals. It is led by headteacher Alexandra Waterman and has no religious character. The school offers nursery provision but does not have a sixth form.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, the school was rated Good overall, with leadership and management judged Outstanding. This was an ungraded inspection that confirmed the school remains Good, following a previous graded inspection in 2013 which also rated it Good. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 40 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Devon local authority average of 57 per cent. The school’s average scores in reading and maths were both 105. In reading, 60 per cent met the expected standard and 33 per cent reached the higher standard; in maths, 67 per cent met the expected standard and 27 per cent reached the higher standard. Writing saw 47 per cent at the expected level and none at the higher level. The school ranks 38th out of 43 primary schools in Teignbridge on this combined measure, placing it in the bottom 50 nationally.

The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, with 21 applications for 18 places and all 18 first-preference applicants offered a place, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.17. Facilities include playing fields, a sports hall, gymnasium, ICT suite, library, art studios, forest school, dining hall and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, netball, cricket, swimming, rounders and dance, while clubs range from choir and coding to art, book, eco and chess. The school provides for a range of special educational needs, including moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties or disabilities. This is a small, community-focused primary that suits families seeking a local school with strong leadership, a forest school setting, and a broad club offer, though academic outcomes at KS2 are below the local average.

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