St Michael's Church of England Primary School

About St Michael's Church of England Primary School

St Michael's Church of England Primary School in Teignbridge was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The school now holds Good across all five inspection categories, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. On the key academic metric for primary schools, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That puts the school comfortably above the Devon local authority average of 57% for the same measure. Nationally, St Michael's ranks in the top 42% of all primary schools, and within the South West region it sits in the top 36%. In Teignbridge specifically, the school ranks 16th out of 43 primary schools, placing it in the top 40% of its immediate local area.

Digging deeper into the KS2 results, the school's strongest individual subject is reading, where 85% of pupils reached the expected standard and 27% achieved a higher standard. Writing and maths are more mixed: 76% met expectations in writing and 77% in maths, with 10% and 13% reaching the higher standard respectively. The average scaled scores are 106 in reading and 104 in maths, both above the national benchmark of 100. The school has no published progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. However, the overall attainment picture is solidly above average for the local authority. The Ofsted report noted that behaviour and attitudes are Good, and the school has a clear Church of England character, with a chapel on site and a headteacher, Martin Harding, who has overseen the improvement journey from Requires Improvement to Good.

St Michael's is a popular school, oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake with 92 applications for 60 places, a ratio of 1.53 applicants per place. Of those, 68 were first-preference applications, and 59 first-preference offers were made. The school has a nursery provision for children aged three and above, and caters for pupils up to age 11. Facilities include a forest school, sensory room, music rooms, ICT suite, sports hall, playing fields, library and chapel. Sports on offer include football, rounders, cricket and netball, while clubs range from science and coding to eco club, chess, film club and choir. The school provides for a wide range of special educational needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication, hearing impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. With 22% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a broadly representative community. It would suit families looking for a well-regarded Church of England primary with strong core academic results and a good range of enrichment activities.

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