Bearnes Voluntary Primary School
Queen Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2AU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Trust
- LINK ACADEMY TRUST
- Head of School
- Miss Tracy Hoare
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 115
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 142649
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01626353980
About this school
Bearnes Voluntary Primary School is a Christian primary academy in Newton Abbot. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 100 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 8% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 31% | 33% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 23% | 33% | 31% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 38% | 17% | 31% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 97.0 | 95.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | 96.0 | 95.0 |
| Reading progress | -7.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.40 | - | - |
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 Bearnes Voluntary Primary 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 | 15% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 95 |
| 2023/24 | 95 |
| 2024/25 | 102 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bearnes Voluntary Primary School compares
Bearnes Voluntary Primary School ranked 251st of 269 primary schools in Devon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% 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 | 31% | 4.3% | 39.6% | 100 | — |
| All Saints Marsh CofE Academy | 85% | 4.6% | 23.8% | 84 | 0.2 miles |
| Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School | 63% | 6.1% | 41.6% | 189 | 0.2 miles |
| Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School | 50% | 5.8% | 38.8% | 287 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 71% | 5.8% | 27.6% | 80 | 0.7 miles |
| Haytor View Community Primary School | — | — | — | 184 | 0.8 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)
- 39.56%
- English as an additional language
- 19.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.32%
- Persistent absence
- 8.54%
Location
Nearby schools
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All Saints Marsh CofE Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
-
Haytor View Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
Other schools in Newton Abbot
Bearnes Voluntary Primary School ranks 26th of the 27 ranked primary schools in Newton Abbot.
- Abbotskerswell Primary School Primary
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy Primary
- Ashburton 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
- Denbury Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bearnes Voluntary Primary School teach?
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Newton Abbot.
- Who is the head of school of Bearnes Voluntary Primary School?
- The head of school of Bearnes Voluntary Primary School is Miss Tracy Hoare, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bearnes Voluntary Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bearnes Voluntary Primary 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 Bearnes Voluntary Primary School?
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School has 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bearnes Voluntary Primary School full?
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School has capacity for 115 pupils and 100 on roll (87%), 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 Bearnes Voluntary Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Bearnes Voluntary Primary School is designated Christian.
- Does Bearnes Voluntary Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bearnes Voluntary Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Bearnes Voluntary Primary School?
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School is part of LINK ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bearnes Voluntary Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 15% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bearnes Voluntary Primary School rank locally?
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School ranked 251st of 269 primary schools in Devon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bearnes Voluntary Primary School's absence rate?
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bearnes Voluntary Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bearnes Voluntary Primary 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 2 July 2026.