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St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School

A mixed, not applicable, primary, academy converter school in Devon. Here is what the published evidence says, told one chapter at a time.

Academy converter
Primary
Mixed
Not applicable
ST CHRISTOPHER'S C OF E (PRIMARY) MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
URN 142596

St Leonard's Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4NQSchool website GIAS record

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Pupils: 615; on roll
Ofsted, 14 January 2025: Outstanding; overall effectiveness
Year 6, 2025: 71%; met the expected standard

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Where this school ranks

KS2 SATs · 2024-25
Local position16th
In England1598th
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Chapter 1 · Meet the school

Who learns here?

St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School is a mixed, not applicable, academy converter school in Devon. The published figures below describe the school as recorded by the DfE.

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At a glance

How big the school is, and how full.

Pupils on roll

615

pupils, against a published capacity of 630. That is 97.6% of capacity.

Key facts

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Pupils: Mixed
Admissions: Not applicable
Faith: Church of England
Local authority: Devon

Year groups and classes

How many boys and girls are in each year group.

Pupils by year group

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The school community

Who the pupils are, in the census’s own categories.

Free school meals and English as an additional language

Eligible for FSM: 11.5%
English as an additional language: 20.8%

Chapter 2 · Everyday life

What is a normal day like?

What the published evidence shows about everyday life at the school.

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Being in school

7.4% of pupils were persistently absent in 2024-25.

Persistent absence

7.4%

of pupils missed 10% or more of their sessions.

Behaviour

The suspension rate was 0.7% in 2024-25.

Suspension rate

0.7%

4 suspensions recorded. One pupil can be suspended more than once.

Permanent exclusions

permanent exclusions recorded, a rate of 0.00%.

What parents said

140 parents responded to Ofsted Parent View.

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Chapter 3 · Inspection

What did inspectors find?

Ofsted last inspected the school on 14 January 2025. The published judgements are shown as recorded.

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Latest inspection

Last inspected on 14 January 2025.

Category judgements

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Sixth form provision: Not published
Early years provision: Good

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Chapter 4 · The primary years

How do children get on by Year 6?

At the end of Year 6, children sit national tests in reading, maths and grammar, and are teacher-assessed in writing. 76 pupils had Year 6 results in 2025.

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Reaching the expected standard

Reading, writing and maths, together and separately.

Reading, writing and maths combined

71%

of Year 6 reached the expected standard in all three.

What it is: The share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together.
Why it can help: A pupil counts only if they meet the bar in all three, so it reflects breadth.
Years available: Years held: 2025. Years in between were not published and are never estimated.

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Stretch and challenge

The higher standard, and progress from Key stage 1.

Higher standard

Chapter 5 · Support and inclusion

Will my child be supported?

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Special educational needs

Shares of pupils on roll. Latest published year.

Pupils with SEN support

10.8%

of pupils receive SEN support.

What it is: Whole-school census figure for pupils receiving SEN support: identified needs met without an EHCP.
Why it can help: Gives a sense of how many children receive extra help in the classroom.
Years available: Published years: 202425.

Pupils with EHC plans

2.0%

of pupils have an education, health and care plan.

What it is: Whole-school census figure for pupils with an education, health and care plan (EHCP).
Why it can help: An EHCP carries statutory duties: the plan, not the school, decides the support.
Years available: Published years: 202425.

Chapter 6 · Getting a place

Could my child get a place?

Applications are normally made through the home local authority, Devon, not the school. These figures are from the DfE’s national offer-day data.

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Demand

100.0% of families who put the school first were offered a place in 2024-25.

First-choice applicants offered a place

100.0%

81 of 81 families who put the school first were offered a place. 88 places were offered in total.

What it is: The share of families who named the school as their first preference and were offered a place on national offer day.
Why it can help: Gives a sense of demand and how hard it may be to get a place.
Years available: Five-year window, 2020-21 to 2024-25.

Chapter 7 · The adults

Who teaches here?

Staffing figures give a sense of stability: how many teachers there are, how many pupils each one serves, and how many stay.

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Teachers

22.8 pupils per teacher in 2024-25.

Pupils per teacher

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22.8

pupils per full-time equivalent teacher.

Teachers (FTE, 2023-24): 25.7

Teachers who stayed

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91.8%

of teachers stayed from one year to the next. No teacher vacancies were reported in 2024-25.

Chapter 8 · Your questions

What to ask when you visit

Data starts the conversation. These questions come straight from the figures above; only the school can answer them.

1Everyday lifeWhat does your behaviour policy look like day to day, and what support comes before a suspension?
2InspectionWhat have you changed since the last inspection, especially where judgements were weakest?
3PrimaryHow is reading taught and supported across the primary years?
4SupportWho is the SENCo, and how would you work with us on a support plan?
5Getting a placeHow does the admissions round work in practice, and what happens to children who miss out?
6StaffHow stable is the teaching staff, and how are subject specialists deployed?

Sources and limits

All figures are published aggregate data, shown as a snapshot. Exams were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 and those years are not compared. Where the DfE has not published a figure we say so rather than fill the gap. Schoolwize calculations are labelled.

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DfE School workforce in England
DfE Key stage 4 and 16-18 destination measures
Ofsted reports and Ofsted Parent View

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