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Starcross Primary School

Exeter, Devon, EX6 8QD · Devon · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2025 Inspected 1 year ago Mixed Primary
6.8/10 Above average

41st of 280 primary schools in Devon we can score, 310 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 8.1/10 against 3,892 of them, against 7.6/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 74.0 · 76 40% 3.02
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 13.0 · 78 25% 1.94

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 74.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 13.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school Good in March 2025. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (8.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 7.6 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils join the School Council, play gymnastics and ball games, and do arts and crafts. A breakfast club is available, but there is no after-school club.

Getting in. The school has 213 pupils in a capacity of 234, leaving 21 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who do not reach the higher standard in maths? What are the specific times for the breakfast club? How does the School Council involve pupils in decision-making?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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