Drake's Church of England Primary School | School performance

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 25/05/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDevon

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio14.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of Drake's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Devon

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2022/23

RWM expected standard

67%

75%71%67%

'23'25

'25 · 67%

RWM higher standard

11%

11%6%0%

'23'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

89%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

22%

Maths expected standard

67%

Maths higher standard

33%

Science expected standard

100%

SPAG expected standard

44%

SPAG higher standard

11%

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

101.0

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

Pupil : teacher ratio

14.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

34%

SEN

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Middle Street, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7DQ

Local authority

Devon

Website

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

Telephone

01395443871

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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	67%	11%	89%	33%	78%	22%	67%	33%	100%	44%	106.0	104.0	101.0	—	—	—	5%	42
2023/24	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	—	—	—	8%	37
2022/23	75%	0%	83%	25%	75%	17%	75%	8%	92%	67%	107.0	102.0	101.0	+1.60	+2.70	-0.30	14%	50

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	42	16.6	5%	7%	34%	3%	0%
2023/24	37	13.7	8%	8%	20%	5%	9%
2022/23	50	13.5	14%	10%	18%	6%	16%
2021/22	52	14.4	15%	12%	13%	5%	8%
2020/21	55	12.0	16%	7%	20%	—	—