Hayes School
Hayes Road, Paignton, TQ4 5PJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HAYES SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mark Hanbury
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Torbay
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 340
- URN
- 136648
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01803557336
About this school
Hayes School is a primary academy in Paignton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 340 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 57 | 62 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 86% | 82% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 24% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 87% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 89% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 63% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.40 | - | - |
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 Hayes 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 | Torbay average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 86% | 57% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 390 |
| 2024/25 | 362 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hayes School compares
Hayes School ranked 5th of 30 primary schools in Torbay for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 7.1% | 41.4% | 340 | — |
| St Michael's Church of England Academy | — | 3.9% | 14.5% | 101 | 0.3 miles |
| Curledge Street Academy | 62% | 5.3% | 41.6% | 439 | 0.5 miles |
| Roselands Primary School | 57% | 4.9% | 22.4% | 315 | 0.7 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic School | 55% | 4.3% | 25.5% | 208 | 0.8 miles |
| Oldway Primary School | 66% | 5.4% | 19% | 598 | 0.9 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)
- 41.36%
- English as an additional language
- 11%
- Overall absence
- 7.13%
- Persistent absence
- 22.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Michael's Church of England Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Paignton
-
Curledge Street Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Paignton
-
Roselands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Paignton
-
Sacred Heart Catholic School0.8 miles
Primary · Paignton
-
Oldway Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Paignton
Other schools in Paignton
Hayes School ranks 2nd of the 9 ranked primary schools in Paignton.
- Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary School Primary
- Curledge Street Academy Primary
- Kings Ash Academy Primary
- Marldon Church of England Primary School Primary
- Oldway Primary School Primary
- Roselands Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic School Primary
- St Michael's Church of England Academy Primary
- White Rock Primary School Primary
- Paignton Academy Secondary
- South Devon College 16 plus
- Brunel School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Hayes School teach?
- Hayes School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Paignton.
- Who is the headteacher of Hayes School?
- The headteacher of Hayes School is Mark Hanbury, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hayes School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hayes 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 Hayes School?
- Hayes School has 340 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hayes School full?
- Hayes School has capacity for 446 pupils and 340 on roll (76%), 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 Hayes School a faith school?
- No. Hayes School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hayes School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hayes School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Hayes School?
- Hayes School is part of HAYES SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Hayes School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 86% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hayes School rank locally?
- Hayes School ranked 5th of 30 primary schools in Torbay for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hayes School's absence rate?
- Hayes School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hayes School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hayes 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 1 July 2026.