Watcombe Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jul 2 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Unique reference
- 113233
- Address
- Moor Lane, TQ2 8NU
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 225 (92% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.7%
- Girls
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 2.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 34.2%
- Persistent absence
- 20.6%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 23.6%
White British 89.3%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 1.8%
Other Asian 1.3%
Chinese 1.3%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other 0.9%
African 0.4%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-0.4
WritingAverage-0.6
MathsAverage-1.2
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 33%
Local authority average 58%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 0%
Local authority average 8%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 105
Local authority average 106
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 101
Local authority average 105
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Watcombe Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 30
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 31
- 2nd preference
- 11
- 3rd preference
- 8
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 30
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.6 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 7 1 6 |
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 2 0 2 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 14 10 4 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 7 5 2 |
| Reception, Part-time | 7 5 2 |
| Reception, Full-time | 23 11 12 |
| Year 1 | 28 13 15 |
| Year 2 | 29 15 14 |
| Year 3 | 28 12 16 |
| Year 4 | 25 15 10 |
| Year 5 | 28 14 14 |
| Year 6 | 27 13 14 |