Hazeldown School
Maudlin Drive, Teignmouth, TQ14 8SE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Ludford
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 403
- URN
- 113224
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01626772901
About this school
Hazeldown School is a community primary school in Teignmouth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 403 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- 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 | 61 | 63 | 64 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 59% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 6% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 78% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 76% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 81% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 Hazeldown 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 | 56% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 406 |
| 2024/25 | 401 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hazeldown School compares
Hazeldown School ranked 96th of 269 primary schools in Devon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.1% | 15% | 403 | — |
| Our Lady and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School | 73% | 3.5% | 18% | 134 | 0.8 miles |
| Teignmouth Primary School | 55% | 4.9% | 53.6% | 197 | 0.8 miles |
| Shaldon Primary School | 88% | 3.5% | 13% | 229 | 1.5 miles |
| Westcliff Primary Academy | 38% | 6.1% | 28% | 296 | 1.6 miles |
| Bishopsteignton School | 77% | 4% | 13.5% | 157 | 2.0 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)
- 14.96%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.14%
- Persistent absence
- 6.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Teignmouth
-
Teignmouth Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Teignmouth
-
Shaldon Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Teignmouth
-
Westcliff Primary Academy1.6 miles
Primary · Dawlish
-
Bishopsteignton School2.0 miles
Primary · Teignmouth
Other schools in Teignmouth
Hazeldown School ranks 4th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Teignmouth.
- Bishopsteignton School Primary
- Our Lady and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Shaldon Primary School Primary
- Teignmouth Primary School Primary
- Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hazeldown School teach?
- Hazeldown School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Teignmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Hazeldown School?
- The headteacher of Hazeldown School is Mr Stuart Ludford, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hazeldown School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hazeldown 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 Hazeldown School?
- Hazeldown School has 403 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Hazeldown School full?
- Hazeldown School has capacity for 420 pupils and 403 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hazeldown School a faith school?
- No. Hazeldown School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hazeldown School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hazeldown School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hazeldown School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hazeldown School rank locally?
- Hazeldown School ranked 96th of 269 primary schools in Devon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hazeldown School's absence rate?
- Hazeldown School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hazeldown School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hazeldown 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.