Clyst St Mary Primary School
Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1BG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Herbert
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 170
- URN
- 113066
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01392874583
About this school
Clyst St Mary Primary School is a community primary school in Exeter. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 170 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Clyst St Mary Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 50% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 80% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 57% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 73% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Clyst St Mary Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Devon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 176 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 185 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Clyst St Mary Primary School compares
Clyst St Mary Primary School ranked 111th of 269 primary schools in Devon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 3.5% | 10.3% | 170 | — |
| Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School | 75% | 4.6% | 13.8% | 464 | 1.1 miles |
| Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School | 56% | 4.1% | 13.9% | 347 | 1.1 miles |
| Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School | 75% | 4.3% | 12.2% | 104 | 1.4 miles |
| Woodwater Academy | 65% | 5.7% | 24.3% | 329 | 1.6 miles |
| St Nicholas Catholic Primary School | 32% | 5.2% | 17.4% | 269 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.27%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.53%
- Persistent absence
- 6.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
Woodwater Academy1.6 miles
Primary · Exeter
-
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Exeter
Other schools in Exeter
Clyst St Mary Primary School ranks 22nd of the 48 ranked primary schools in Exeter.
- Alphington Primary School Primary
- Bowhill Primary School Primary
- Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broadclyst Community Primary School Primary
- Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School Primary
- Christow Primary School Primary
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School Primary
- Cockwood Primary School Primary
- Countess Wear Primary School Primary
- Doddiscombsleigh Primary School Primary
- Dunsford Community Academy Primary
- Exminster Community Primary Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Clyst St Mary Primary School teach?
- Clyst St Mary Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Exeter.
- Who is the headteacher of Clyst St Mary Primary School?
- The headteacher of Clyst St Mary Primary School is Mrs Louise Herbert, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Clyst St Mary Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Clyst St Mary Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Clyst St Mary Primary School?
- Clyst St Mary Primary School has 170 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Clyst St Mary Primary School full?
- Clyst St Mary Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 170 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Clyst St Mary Primary School a faith school?
- No. Clyst St Mary Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Clyst St Mary Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Clyst St Mary Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Clyst St Mary Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Clyst St Mary Primary School compare with other schools in Devon?
- Clyst St Mary Primary School ranked 111th of 269 primary schools in Devon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Clyst St Mary Primary School's absence rate?
- Clyst St Mary Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Clyst St Mary Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Clyst St Mary Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.