Marwood School
Whiddon, Muddiford, Barnstaple, EX31 4HF
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Marwood School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Dr Stuart Boon
- Constituency
- North Devon
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- URN
- 113161
- Local authority
- Devon
About this school
Marwood School was a foundation primary school in Barnstaple. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 86 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Marwood School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 13 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 62% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 77% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 69% | 94% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 77% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 103.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Marwood 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 | 71% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 104 |
| 2024/25 | 86 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Marwood School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 86 | — |
| Marwood School | — | — | — | 72 | 0.0 miles |
| Shirwell Community Primary School | 13% | 4.6% | 10.3% | 25 | 2.7 miles |
| Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy | 63% | 5.1% | 19.6% | 261 | 3.0 miles |
| Pilton Infants' Academy | — | 6.1% | 18.6% | 172 | 3.0 miles |
| West Down School | — | — | — | 95 | 3.1 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)
- 4.65%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.38%
- Persistent absence
- 8.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marwood School0.0 miles
Primary · Barnstaple
-
Shirwell Community Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Barnstaple
-
Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy3.0 miles
Primary · Barnstaple
-
Pilton Infants' Academy3.0 miles
Primary · Barnstaple
-
West Down School3.1 miles
Primary · Ilfracombe
Other schools in Barnstaple
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School Primary
- Bishops Tawton Primary School Primary
- Bratton Fleming Community Primary School Primary
- Brayford Academy Primary
- Eden Park Academy Primary
- Filleigh Community Primary School Primary
- Fremington Primary School Primary
- Goodleigh Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holywell Church of England School Primary
- Horwood and Newton Tracey Community Primary School Primary
- Kentisbury Primary School Primary
- Landkey Community Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Marwood School teach?
- Marwood School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Barnstaple.
- Has Marwood School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Marwood 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 Marwood School?
- Marwood School had 86 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Marwood School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Marwood School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Marwood 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 8 July 2025.