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Bratton Fleming Community Primary School

Ofsted: Good · November 2022State primary · 4 to 11Mixed70 pupils
Station Road, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4SB · Devon
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET A PLACE? · RECEPTION 2027

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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
Good, November 2022
Results
33% expected standard; 0% higher standard
Size
70 pupils; 11 places a year; classes of 23
Run by
The Harbour Schools Partnership
Type
Academy converter
Ages
4 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, November 2022The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 33%, against 59% in Devon.
  • Higher standard: 0%, against 7% in Devon.
  • Persistently absent: 12.1%, against 10.1% in Devon.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 20.6, against 1.1 in Devon.
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At a glance

Against Devon and England
This schoolDevonEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
33%
Worse than Devon
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
0%
Worse than Devon
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
5.0%
In line with Devon
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
12.1%
Worse than Devon
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
20.6
Worse than Devon
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
23.3
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
13%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
13.5
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with Devon
Devon and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Guide: what these measures mean →

Overview

Getting in

  • 11 families put it first for 11 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 2 November 2022
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 33% (England 62%) (county 59%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 0% (England 8%) (county 7%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 5.0% of sessions missed; 12% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 21 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 1 permanent exclusion DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 23.3 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 13.5 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 86 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 0 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 0 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 2.5 µg/m³, PM2.5 4.6 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • The Harbour Schools Partnership, with 36 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined August 2018
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 August 2018 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Bratton Fleming Community Primary School (URN 113137) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 June 2018
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. How places are offered →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception202620—11——
Reception202520—8——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Devon County Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202611111311
Reception20258888
Reception202488118
Reception202313131613
Reception202215151715
Reception202111111311
Reception202010101310
Reception201912121512

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2019 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard33%62%59%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard0%8%7%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
2 November 2022Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2022.

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/255.0%4.5%0.6%12%0.0%
2023/244.6%3.8%0.8%11%0.0%
2022/235.7%4.8%0.9%12%0.0%
Schools with a similar intake4.6%9.6%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2520.64.4%141
2023/241.21.2%10
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake0.8

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size23.32025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher13.5November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus86

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20250
20240
20230
20220
20210

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 0 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO22.52024
PM107.82024
PM254.62024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals13%2025/26
First language other than English0.0%2025/26
SEN support21%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.7%2025/26
Girls43%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • The Harbour Schools Partnership, with 36 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined August 2018
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 August 2018 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Bratton Fleming Community Primary School (URN 113137) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 June 2018
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Devon County Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Barnstaple and the Devon league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. All sources.