Marpool Primary School
About the school
Marpool Primary School is an open primary school in Devon.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 27 June 2023
- Published
- 5 November 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Inadequate
Category of concern: SM
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 31%
- Devon
- 59%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 2%
- Devon
- 7%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 54%
- Devon
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Devon
- 70%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 44%
- Devon
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 52%
- Devon
- 69%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 8%
- Devon
- 24%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 63%
- Devon
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Devon
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Devon
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Devon
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
249
Girls
51.00%
Boys
49.00%
SEN support
13.65%
Education, health and care plan
8.43%
English as an additional language
3.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
32.19%
Overall absence
6.27
Persistent absence
15.58