Mill Water School
Bicton, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7BJ
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Mill Water School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Sarah Pickering
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 120
- URN
- 113635
- Local authority
- Devon
About this school
Mill Water School was a foundation special school in Budleigh Salterton. It taught children aged 3 to 19 and had 120 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mill Water 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 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -12.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -10.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -12.70 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mill Water 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 | 0% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 120 |
| 2023/24 | 121 |
| 2024/25 | 120 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.04%
- English as an additional language
- 6.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.17%
- Persistent absence
- 26.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mill Water School0.0 miles
Academies · Budleigh Salterton
-
St John's School3.1 miles
Independent schools · Sidmouth
-
St Peter's Preparatory School4.4 miles
Independent schools
-
Royal Deaf Education Trust5.5 miles
Other types · Exmouth
-
Royal Deaf Education Trust5.5 miles
Special schools · Exmouth
Other schools in Budleigh Salterton
- Mill Water School Academies
- Drake's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Otterton Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mill Water School teach?
- Mill Water School taught children aged 3 to 19. It was a special school in Budleigh Salterton.
- Has Mill Water School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mill Water 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 big is Mill Water School?
- Mill Water School had 120 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- How have Mill Water School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Mill Water School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mill Water 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.