St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

ExeterConstituency

EX4 6PGPostcode

6.8

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, 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 201 pupils. St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery is part of St Christopher's C of E (Primary) Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 1 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

43%

Asian

22%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

10%

Unclassified

Pupils

201

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

14%

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 201
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: St Christopher's C of E (Primary) Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
22 Mar 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.