Ellen Tinkham School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

Exmouth and Exeter EastConstituency

EX1 3RWPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ellen Tinkham School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Devon, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 240 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

240

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 240
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Jun 2023	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
24 Mar 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.