Whitchurch Community Primary School
School Road, Whitchurch, Tavistock, PL19 9SR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Abigail Croot
- Sponsor
- The First Federation Trust
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 215
- Pupils on roll
- 202
- URN
- 149191
- Local authority
- Devon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01822616202
About this school
Whitchurch Community Primary School is a primary academy in Tavistock. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 202 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 | 30 | 34 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 44% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 65% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 65% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 65% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 102.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Whitchurch Community 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 | 53% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 210 |
| 2023/24 | 217 |
| 2024/25 | 218 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whitchurch Community Primary School compares
Whitchurch Community Primary School ranked 110th of 269 primary schools in Devon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 5.3% | 19.3% | 202 | — |
| Tavistock Primary & Nursery School | 54% | 6.5% | 29.2% | 321 | 0.8 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Junior School | 52% | 4.6% | 18.5% | 119 | 0.9 miles |
| St Rumon's Church of England Infants School | — | 4.4% | 13.8% | 73 | 1.0 miles |
| Gulworthy Primary Academy | 85% | 3.6% | 8.6% | 90 | 2.4 miles |
| Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School | 68% | 4.1% | 25.7% | 184 | 2.8 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.
Inspection history
- 17 October 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report13 February 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.27%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.33%
- Persistent absence
- 10.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tavistock Primary & Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Tavistock
-
St Peter's Church of England Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Tavistock
-
St Rumon's Church of England Infants School1.0 miles
Primary · Tavistock
-
Gulworthy Primary Academy2.4 miles
Primary · Tavistock
-
Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School2.8 miles
Primary · Yelverton
Other schools in Tavistock
Whitchurch Community Primary School ranks 4th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Tavistock.
- Gulworthy Primary Academy Primary
- Lamerton CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School Primary
- Milton Abbot Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Church of England Junior School Primary
- St Rumon's Church of England Infants School Primary
- Tavistock Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Tavistock College Secondary
- Castlebridge School Free Schools
- Tor View School Special schools
- Mount Kelly Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Whitchurch Community Primary School teach?
- Whitchurch Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Tavistock.
- Who is the headteacher of Whitchurch Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Whitchurch Community Primary School is Miss Abigail Croot, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Whitchurch Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whitchurch Community 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 Whitchurch Community Primary School?
- Whitchurch Community Primary School has 202 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Whitchurch Community Primary School full?
- Whitchurch Community Primary School has capacity for 215 pupils and 202 on roll (94%), 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 Whitchurch Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Whitchurch Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Whitchurch Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Whitchurch Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Whitchurch Community Primary School?
- Whitchurch Community Primary School is part of THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Whitchurch Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whitchurch Community Primary School rank locally?
- Whitchurch Community Primary School ranked 110th of 269 primary schools in Devon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whitchurch Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Whitchurch Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whitchurch Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whitchurch Community 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 10 July 2026.