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South Molton Community Primary School

  • Primary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 2 to 11

URN 150918 · Devon · THE HARBOUR SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP

In Devon

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

6 December 2023

Overall effectiveness
Good

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

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

Full inspection (section 5)

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.

Teachers

Against Devon and England, primary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

23.2

Devon
20.2
England
21.2

2.0 higher than England.

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

Not publishedNot published for this school

Devon
4.3 days
England
5.0 days

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

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
242
Capacity
240
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
2 to 11
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
THE HARBOUR SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Opened
1 April 2025
Setting
Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Constituency
North Devon
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 5 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: North Road, South Molton, Devon, EX36 3BA

Website: www.southmoltonprimary.devon.sch.uk

Telephone: 01769572198

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Sources and corrections

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South Molton Community Primary School, URN 150918. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/150918/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.