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The First Federation Trust

Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School is one of 29 schools run by The First Federation Trust.

Type of school: Academy converter
Ages: 5 to 11
Religious character: Church of England

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Schools in the trust

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School	Phase	Local authority	Pupils	Governors on Governance Register	Latest Ofsted in our data (as at 30 Sep 2026)
Aveton Gifford CofE Primary School	Primary	Devon	97	8	Report card 2026Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 3; safeguarding standards met
Axminster Community Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	297	11	Key judgements 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
Bere Alston Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	106	9	Good 2024
Blackpool Church of England Primary School	Primary	Devon	244	8	Good 2024
Brixington Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	351	11	Report card 2026Expected standard in 6 areas, Needs attention in 1; safeguarding standards met
Charmouth Primary School	Primary	Dorset	71	13	Report card 2026Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 4; safeguarding standards met
Chickerell Primary Academy	Primary	Dorset	420	9	Ungraded inspection 2024Last graded Good (Nov 2018)
Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School (this school)	Primary	Devon	84	12	Ungraded inspection 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2012)
Colyton Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	150	12	Key judgements 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
Gatehouse Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	314	8	Report card 2026Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 4, Needs attention in 2; safeguarding standards met
Hawkchurch Church of England School	Primary	Devon	43	13	Key judgements 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Devon	104	12	Key judgements 2024Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
Loders CofE Primary Academy	Primary	Dorset	72	9	Ungraded inspection 2024Last graded Good (Mar 2019)
Marshwood CofE Primary Academy	Primary	Dorset	43	9	Requires improvement 2024
Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and Nursery	Primary	Plymouth	281	9	Key judgements 2024Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
Membury Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	8	11	Key judgements 2025Good in all four key judgements; safeguarding effective
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	197	13	Good 2024
Musbury Primary School	Primary	Devon	53	11	Ungraded inspection 2025Last graded Good (May 2019)
Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School	Primary	Devon	125	8	Good 2024
Portesham Church of England Primary School	Primary	Dorset	46	9	Key judgements 2025Good in all four key judgements; safeguarding effective
Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School	Primary	Devon	155	12	Ungraded inspection 2022Last graded Good (Jul 2017, previous school)
Salcombe Church of England Primary School	Primary	Devon	80	8	Ungraded inspection 2025Last graded Good (Feb 2016)
Sidmouth Church of England Primary School	Primary	Devon	448	13	Key judgements 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	120	11	Requires improvement 2024This inspection was of the school this one replaced.
St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy	Primary	Plymouth	55	9	Ungraded inspection 2025Last graded Good (Jan 2016, previous school)
Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	Primary	Dorset	34	9	Requires improvement 2023This inspection was of the school this one replaced.
Westcliff Primary Academy	Primary	Devon	296	12	Key judgements 2024Requires improvement in all four key judgements; early years provision Requires improvement; safeguarding effective
Whitchurch Community Primary School	Primary	Devon	202	9	Good 2023
Willowbank Primary School	Primary	Devon	241	12	Good 2023
29 schools			4,737

Schools linked to the trust in the Governance Register school data (Get Information about Schools, extract of 24 Oct 2026). Pupils are on-roll counts from the register. Ofsted: latest inspection in the Ofsted management information (as at 30 September 2026); "No overall grade" means inspected since September 2024 without a one-word grade; what the inspection found is shown beneath, and the school's Ofsted card has the full table.

What this means

Funding: An academy is funded directly by the Department for Education, through its trust, rather than through the local council.
Admissions: The trust is the admissions authority and sets the admissions policy. Applications are usually still coordinated by the local council.
Governance: The trust board is legally accountable for the school. It often delegates some oversight to a local governing body.

General explanation of how academy trusts work in England, not a statement about this trust. See GOV.UK Academy trust governance guide.

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Ofsted

Ungraded inspectionInspected Feb 2023. No grade given.

Ofsted carried out an ungraded inspection. These inspections give no grade and no key judgements, so none is shown here. Read the report itself for what inspectors found.

Last graded inspection: Good (21 Mar 2012). Ofsted has not graded the school since; its latest visit, in Feb 2023, was ungraded.

Inspection history

Date	Outcome
Feb 2023	Ungraded inspection (no grade given)
21/03/2012	Good
12/06/2007	Good

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026, via WhatSchool: Ofsted may have published a newer report since. Since September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade at new inspections, so a one-word grade, where shown, belongs to the inspection date beside it. Ungraded inspections give no grade and are dated by month only. Inspections from September 2024 to November 2025 grade key judgements; report cards (from November 2025) grade evaluation areas.

Ofsted reports for this school