Furzeham Primary School

State-Funded School

furzeham-primary-school-torbay-south-west-149412

South WestRegion

TorbayLocal Authority

South DevonConstituency

TQ5 8BLPostcode

8.1

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Furzeham Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Torbay, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 257 pupils. Furzeham Primary School is part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 19 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 9%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

257

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

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: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 257
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
3 Jun 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.