Marpool Primary School
Moorfield Road, Exmouth, EX8 3QW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Marpool Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Pattison
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 355
- URN
- 113096
- Local authority
- Devon
About this school
Marpool Primary School was a foundation primary school in Exmouth. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 355 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Marpool Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 53% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 47% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 51% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - |
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 Marpool 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 | 42% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 402 |
| 2023/24 | 355 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Marpool Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.9% | 27.7% | 355 | — |
| Marpool Primary School | 31% | 6.3% | 32.2% | 192 | 0.0 miles |
| Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 23.2% | 611 | 0.2 miles |
| Bassetts Farm Primary School | 63% | 3.9% | 26.2% | 451 | 0.5 miles |
| Brixington Primary Academy | 53% | 4.8% | 21% | 351 | 0.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth | 36% | 5.4% | 14.3% | 185 | 0.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.7%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.9%
- Persistent absence
- 17.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marpool Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
Bassetts Farm Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
Brixington Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Exmouth
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth0.7 miles
Primary · Exmouth
Other schools in Exmouth
- Bassetts Farm Primary School Primary
- Brixington Primary Academy Primary
- Exeter Road Community Primary School 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 ages does Marpool Primary School teach?
- Marpool Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Exmouth.
- Has Marpool Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Marpool Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Marpool Primary School?
- Marpool Primary School had 355 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Marpool Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Marpool Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Marpool 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 31 August 2024.