OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
12 June 2024
Latest published outcome
Inadequate
OEIF
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour & attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership & management
Inadequate
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
9 February 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Published
30 March 2023
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Devon
Trust
LINK ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
23
23 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
12
52.2% of pupils
Male pupils
11
47.8% of pupils
10.0 pts
above England
School
34.8%
East Devon
19.9%
South West
20.1%
England
24.8%
11.6 pts
below England
School
8.7%
East Devon
5.7%
South West
10.7%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
East Devon
1.2%
South West
1.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Mixed background
4.3%
1
Any other White background
4.3%
1
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
47.8%
11 of
23 pupils
27.0 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
47.8%
11 pupils
England
14.8%
33.0 pts
above
EHC plans
0.0%
0 pupils
England
6.0%
6.0 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
7
Social, emotional & mental health
2
Autistic spectrum disorder
1
Specific learning difficulty
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
7.87%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.65 pts
higher than
England
School
7.87%
East Devon
5.71%
South West
6.20%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
28.57%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
12.76 pts
higher than
England
School
28.57%
East Devon
13.58%
South West
15.08%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
14.29%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
12.48 pts
higher than
England
School
14.29%
East Devon
1.72%
South West
1.90%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
41.1%
47.1 pts
below England
Broadhembury Church of England Primary School
41.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.