Bearnes Voluntary Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Newton Abbot (Devon).
KS2 RWM expected
31%
▼ 31pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
62%
▼ 13pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
31%
▼ 43pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
46%
▼ 26pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
95.7%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
16.8
▼ 3.9 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
43.0%
▲ 18pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
87%
100 / 115 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Bearnes Voluntary Primary School is a christian primary school located in Newton Abbot, Devon. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 102 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 115. It is part of the LINK ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Miss Tracy Hoare.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Band
- Stem
- Bug Club
- Philosophy for Children (P4C)
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
- Leading Parent Partnership AwardWorking with families
Key facts
- URN
- 142649
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Devon
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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