Rydon Primary School

State-Funded School

rydon-primary-school-devon-south-west

South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

Newton AbbotConstituency

TQ12 3LPPostcode

8.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Rydon Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Devon, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 373 pupils. Rydon Primary School is part of Education South West.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 76%
Higher standard: 12%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

96%

Asian

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

373

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 373
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Education South West

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 19 January 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
4 Aug 2012	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.