Whitchurch Community Primary School is a primary school located in Tavistock. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 19/01/2011. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in reading is below average, progress in maths is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.6%, which is 0.4 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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School Road, Tavistock

School Information

Address: School Road, Tavistock, PL19 9SR
Website: http://www.whitchurch-primary.devon.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01822616202
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Devon
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Hannah Down
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 113267

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 19/01/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 212
Number of Boys: 106
Number of Girls: 106

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 7.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.4 Confidence interval -4.5 to -0.2
Writing
Average: -1.4 Confidence interval -3.3 to 0.6
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.8 Confidence interval -5.7 to -1.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:48%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitchurch Community Primary School
School Road , Whitchurch PL19 9SR 		3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Tavistock Primary & Nursery School
Plymouth Road , PL19 8BX 		2out of 4 1,461 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
St Peter's Church of England (VA) Junior School
School Close , Greenlands Estate PL19 9HW 		2out of 4 1,572 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Rumon's Church of England (VC) Infants School
Dolvin Road , PL19 9EA 		4out of 4 1,776 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Tavistock College
Crowndale Road , PL19 8DD 		3out of 4 1,492 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mount Kelly
Parkwood Road , PL19 0HZ 		- not rated 2,400 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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