Bearnes Voluntary Primary School | School performance

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

102

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

102

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

102

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 24/01/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDevon

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio16.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChristian

StatusOpen

Overview of Bearnes Voluntary Primary School · Primary · Devon

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

31%

+23pp

50%29%8%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 31%

RWM higher standard

+8pp

8%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

62%

Reading higher standard

23%

Writing expected standard

46%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

31%

Maths higher standard

15%

Science expected standard

69%

SPAG expected standard

31%

SPAG higher standard

15%

Reading scaled score

98.0

Maths scaled score

95.0

GPS scaled score

98.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

102

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

20%

FSM eligible

40%

SEN

39%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Queen Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2AU

Local authority

Devon

Website

http://www.bearnes.thelink.academy/website

Telephone

01626353980

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	31%	8%	62%	23%	46%	8%	31%	15%	69%	31%	98.0	95.0	98.0	—	—	—	39%	102
2023/24	8%	0%	33%	0%	42%	0%	33%	0%	58%	17%	95.0	96.0	95.0	—	—	—	39%	95
2022/23	15%	0%	31%	15%	23%	0%	23%	8%	85%	38%	97.0	96.0	99.0	-7.20	-7.80	-7.40	40%	95
2018/19	50%	0%	75%	25%	63%	13%	50%	13%	75%	75%	104.0	99.0	106.0	+1.90	+2.20	-2.80	26%	102
2017/18	47%	0%	67%	13%	60%	0%	67%	7%	87%	60%	104.0	101.0	103.0	+3.10	-0.60	+1.10	—	91
2016/17	20%	0%	50%	0%	30%	10%	60%	0%	40%	30%	100.0	100.0	100.0	-0.10	-3.30	-0.90	29%	85

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	102	12.8	39%	20%	40%	4%	9%
2023/24	95	12.8	39%	17%	45%	6%	20%
2022/23	95	9.8	40%	17%	54%	7%	28%
2021/22	101	15.0	34%	13%	47%	8%	23%
2020/21	98	13.3	31%	13%	51%	—	—
2018/19	102	18.0	26%	16%	48%	5%	15%
2017/18	—	15.9	—	—	—	4%	8%
2016/17	85	—	29%	4%	47%	3%	—