Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School
Coronation Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1TX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Claire Redwood
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 336
- Pupils on roll
- 287
- URN
- 113210
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01626216300
About this school
Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School is a community primary school in Newton Abbot. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 287 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 55 | 47 | 38 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 49% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 9% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 60% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 51% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 53% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Highweek Community Primary and Nursery 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 | 47% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 320 |
| 2023/24 | 299 |
| 2024/25 | 282 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School compares
Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 205th of 269 primary schools in Devon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 5.8% | 38.8% | 287 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 71% | 5.8% | 27.6% | 80 | 0.3 miles |
| Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School | 63% | 6.1% | 41.6% | 189 | 0.4 miles |
| Bearnes Voluntary Primary School | 31% | 4.3% | 39.6% | 100 | 0.5 miles |
| Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit | 74% | 4.4% | 14.4% | 467 | 0.6 miles |
| All Saints Marsh CofE Academy | 85% | 4.6% | 23.8% | 84 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.75%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.79%
- Persistent absence
- 17.86%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Bearnes Voluntary Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
-
Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit0.6 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
-
All Saints Marsh CofE Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
Other schools in Newton Abbot
Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School ranks 21st of the 27 ranked primary schools in Newton Abbot.
- Abbotskerswell Primary School Primary
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy Primary
- Ashburton Primary School Primary
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School Primary
- Blackpool Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bovey Tracey Academy Primary
- Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit Primary
- Canada Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Chagford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chudleigh Church of England Community Primary School Primary
- Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Decoy Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Newton Abbot.
- Who is the headteacher of Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School is Ms Claire Redwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Highweek Community Primary and Nursery 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 Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School?
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School has 287 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School full?
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 336 pupils and 287 on roll (85%), 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 Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School rank locally?
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 205th of 269 primary schools in Devon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Highweek Community Primary and Nursery 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.