Exeter Road Community Primary School
Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 1PU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The Avocet Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Caroline Curtis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 170
- URN
- 113095
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01395272935
About this school
Exeter Road Community Primary School is a foundation primary school in Exmouth. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 170 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 | 23 | 27 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 26% | 44% | 8% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 52% | 70% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 26% | 56% | 23% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 30% | 59% | 38% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 100.0 | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
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 Exeter Road Community 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 | 26% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 8% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 239 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Exeter Road Community Primary School compares
Exeter Road Community Primary School ranked 267th of 269 primary schools in Devon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 4% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 8% | 7.2% | 42% | 170 | — |
| The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School | 57% | 5.4% | 18.7% | 151 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth | 36% | 5.4% | 14.3% | 185 | 0.4 miles |
| Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 23.2% | 611 | 0.8 miles |
| Marpool Primary School | 31% | 6.3% | 32.2% | 192 | 0.9 miles |
| Brixington Primary Academy | 53% | 4.8% | 21% | 351 | 1.3 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)
- 42.04%
- English as an additional language
- 17.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.17%
- Persistent absence
- 18.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth0.4 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
Marpool Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
Brixington Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Exmouth
Other schools in Exmouth
Exeter Road Community Primary School ranks 8th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Exmouth.
- Bassetts Farm Primary School Primary
- Brixington Primary Academy Primary
- Littleham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lympstone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Marpool Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth Primary
- The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School Primary
- Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School Primary
- Exmouth Community College Secondary
- Royal Deaf Education Trust Special schools
- Royal Deaf Education Trust Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Exeter Road Community Primary School teach?
- Exeter Road Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Exmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Exeter Road Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Exeter Road Community Primary School is Miss Caroline Curtis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Exeter Road Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Exeter Road Community 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 big is Exeter Road Community Primary School?
- Exeter Road Community Primary School has 170 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Exeter Road Community Primary School full?
- Exeter Road Community 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 Exeter Road Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Exeter Road Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Exeter Road Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Exeter Road Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Exeter Road Community Primary School?
- Exeter Road Community Primary School is part of The Avocet Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Exeter Road Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 26% in 2022/23 and 8% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Exeter Road Community Primary School rank locally?
- Exeter Road Community Primary School ranked 267th of 269 primary schools in Devon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 4% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Exeter Road Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Exeter Road Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Exeter Road Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Exeter Road Community 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.