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Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School

  • Primary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 2 to 7

URN 146600 · Devon · THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

In Devon

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Ungraded inspection

4 July 2023

“School remains Good”

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Devon and England, primary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

7.2%

Devon
5.0%
England
5.2%

2.0 percentage points higher than England.

3.85.98.12017/182024/25
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Overall absence
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published4.0%4.2%
2018/19Not published3.9%4.0%
2020/214.5%3.5%3.6%
2021/225.8%6.4%6.3%
2022/237.7%5.6%5.9%
2023/248.4%5.3%5.5%
2024/257.2%5.0%5.2%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

23.9%

Devon
11.0%
England
13.0%

10.9 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published6.8%8.7%
2018/19Not published7.0%8.2%
2020/2111.7%8.3%8.8%
2021/2217.4%16.6%17.7%
2022/2332.5%13.6%16.2%
2023/2427.9%12.5%14.6%
2024/2523.9%11.0%13.0%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

1.8%

Devon
0.9%
England
0.9%

0.9 percentage points higher than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published0.2%0.4%
2018/19Not published0.3%0.4%
2020/210.0%0.6%0.7%
2021/220.0%0.6%0.6%
2022/230.9%0.7%0.7%
2023/241.6%0.9%0.9%
2024/251.8%0.9%0.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Devon and England, primary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.45

Devon
3.30
England
2.47

2.02 lower than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published1.721.40
2018/19Not published1.491.41
2019/200.001.191.00
2020/210.401.080.99
2021/220.401.601.42
2022/236.122.181.81
2023/243.002.802.27
2024/250.453.302.47

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Devon
0.04
England
0.03

0.03 lower than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published0.050.03
2018/19Not published0.030.02
2019/200.000.040.02
2020/210.000.010.01
2021/220.000.020.02
2022/230.000.030.03
2023/240.000.050.03
2024/250.000.040.03

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Devon and England, primary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

40.5%

Devon
19.3%
England
24.7%

15.8 percentage points higher than England.

19.834.649.32021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/2251.6%17.5%23.1%
2022/2346.1%18.8%24.0%
2023/2444.6%19.3%24.3%
2024/2540.5%19.3%24.7%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

23.9%

Devon
15.3%
England
15.0%

8.9 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/2211.1%14.1%13.0%
2022/2311.8%14.5%13.5%
2023/2416.7%15.0%14.1%
2024/2523.9%15.3%15.0%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

1.8%

Devon
3.9%
England
3.5%

1.7 percentage points lower than England.

1.02.43.72021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/221.6%3.3%2.3%
2022/230.8%3.2%2.5%
2023/241.3%3.4%3.0%
2024/251.8%3.9%3.5%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

19.4%

Devon
6.2%
England
23.4%

4.0 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/2215.1%4.4%21.2%
2022/2316.7%5.4%22.0%
2023/2414.6%5.7%22.8%
2024/2519.4%6.2%23.4%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Devon and England, primary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

21.0

Devon
20.2
England
21.2

0.2 lower than England.

20.123.226.32017/182025/26
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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published19.921.3
2018/19Not published20.521.4
2019/2022.120.621.4
2020/2125.720.221.1
2021/2225.519.921.0
2022/2320.919.621.1
2023/2426.819.921.2
2024/2520.720.021.3
2025/2621.020.221.2

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

1.0 days

Devon
4.3 days
England
5.0 days

4.0 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published3.9 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published3.8 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/214.7 days3.4 days3.9 days
2021/223.1 days6.3 days6.3 days
2022/233.6 days5.1 days5.2 days
2023/243.3 days4.7 days5.3 days
2024/251.0 days4.3 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
204
Capacity
270
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
2 to 7
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 March 2019
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Exeter
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 3 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Whipton Barton Infant and Nursery School, Hiil Lane, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3JP

Website: www.whiptonbarton.org/

Telephone: 01392467556

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