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Pilton Infants' Academy

  • Primary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 4 to 7

URN 150074 · Devon · TEAM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

In Devon

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest full inspection

20 May 2025
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Early years provision
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

Full inspection (section 5)

From September 2024 until report cards began, full inspections gave key judgements but no overall grade.

Earlier graded inspection

24 March 2011

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness 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

6.1%

Devon
5.0%
England
5.2%

0.9 percentage points higher than England.

3.75.06.22017/182024/25
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Overall absence
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published4.0%4.2%
2018/19Not published3.9%4.0%
2020/21Not published3.5%3.6%
2021/22Not published6.4%6.3%
2022/23Not published5.6%5.9%
2023/245.8%5.3%5.5%
2024/256.1%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

14.3%

Devon
11.0%
England
13.0%

1.3 percentage points higher than England.

7.612.818.12017/182024/25
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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published6.8%8.7%
2018/19Not published7.0%8.2%
2020/21Not published8.3%8.8%
2021/22Not published16.6%17.7%
2022/23Not published13.6%16.2%
2023/2418.9%12.5%14.6%
2024/2514.3%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

0.0%

Devon
0.9%
England
0.9%

0.9 percentage points lower than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published0.2%0.4%
2018/19Not published0.3%0.4%
2020/21Not published0.6%0.7%
2021/22Not published0.6%0.6%
2022/23Not published0.7%0.7%
2023/240.0%0.9%0.9%
2024/250.0%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

7.91

Devon
3.30
England
2.47

5.44 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published1.721.40
2018/19Not published1.491.41
2019/20Not published1.191.00
2020/21Not published1.080.99
2021/22Not published1.601.42
2022/23Not published2.181.81
2023/248.942.802.27
2024/257.913.302.47

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
2019/20Not published0.040.02
2020/21Not published0.010.01
2021/22Not published0.020.02
2022/23Not published0.030.03
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

18.6%

Devon
19.3%
England
24.7%

6.1 percentage points lower than England.

16.220.224.12021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/22Not published17.5%23.1%
2022/23Not published18.8%24.0%
2023/2415.6%19.3%24.3%
2024/2518.6%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

6.2%

Devon
15.3%
England
15.0%

8.8 percentage points lower than England.

6.810.814.72021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/22Not published14.1%13.0%
2022/23Not published14.5%13.5%
2023/2411.2%15.0%14.1%
2024/256.2%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

2.8%

Devon
3.9%
England
3.5%

0.7 percentage points lower than England.

2.43.13.82021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/22Not published3.3%2.3%
2022/23Not published3.2%2.5%
2023/242.8%3.4%3.0%
2024/252.8%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

9.0%

Devon
6.2%
England
23.4%

14.4 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2021/22Not published4.4%21.2%
2022/23Not published5.4%22.0%
2023/246.7%5.7%22.8%
2024/259.0%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

16.4

Devon
20.2
England
21.2

4.8 lower than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolDevonEngland
2017/18Not published19.921.3
2018/19Not published20.521.4
2019/20Not published20.621.4
2020/21Not published20.221.1
2021/22Not published19.921.0
2022/23Not published19.621.1
2023/2424.319.921.2
2024/2523.320.021.3
2025/2616.420.221.2

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

6.4 days

Devon
4.3 days
England
5.0 days

1.4 days higher than England.

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

2.94.56.12017/182024/25
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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
2020/21Not published3.4 days3.9 days
2021/22Not published6.3 days6.3 days
2022/23Not published5.1 days5.2 days
2023/242.6 days4.7 days5.3 days
2024/256.4 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
172
Capacity
180
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
4 to 7
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
TEAM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 November 2023
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Constituency
North Devon
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 4 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Abbey Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1JU

Website: www.pilton-inf.devon.sch.uk/

Telephone: 01271342579

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