Rydon Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Academy

Kingsteignton, TQ12 3LP · Devon local authority

Kingsteignton’s School Grade B⁻ better than 47% of towns in England

Directions

Photo: Robin Stott · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Its letter

51%

of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results

Getting in

41/41

first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)

How full

373 pupils

89% of its 420 places

Free school meals

18%

18 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)

The gist

What stands out about Rydon Primary School

Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 51% of England’s primary schools
Ofsted report card, March 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (41 of 41)
Homes in its postcode sector (TQ12 3) sold for a median £285,000; Kingsteignton’s is £285,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 63%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 51% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Devon avg 57%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading75%

England’s schools 77%

Writing (teacher assessed)73%

England’s schools 73%

Maths77%

England’s schools 75%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling82%

England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 10 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged

40%England 48.5%

Not disadvantaged

74%England 69.4%

Reached the higher standard in all three13%

England’s schools 8% · Devon 7% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Rydon Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

families put it first for September 2026

places offered

100%

of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)

First choices and places, by year of entry

−1

−2

−5

20192020202120222023202420252026

Families who put it firstPlaces offered

Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1), 2020 (2), 2022 (5). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Education South West sets the admissions rules. Apply through Devon council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Kingsteignton, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Kingsteignton

1.57 per place
64% got their first choice

Rydon Primary

0.93 per place
100% got their first choice

St Michael's CofE Primary

0.89 per place
100% got their first choice

Kingsteignton and Devon, side by side

2023–2025

All 288 graded primaries in Devon. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Kingsteignton’s schools are coloured by their letter.

ABCDElsewhere in DevonRydon Primary

Show as a table

School	Letter	Free school meals	KS2 expected standard
Lydford Primary School	A⁺	19%	100%
Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary School	A⁺	13%	95%
Christow Primary School	A⁺	10%	90%
Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy	A⁺	5%	88%
Shaldon Primary School	A⁺	14%	87%
Tedburn St Mary School	A⁺	8%	87%
West Hill Primary School	A⁺	3%	85%
Stowford School	A⁺	9%	85%
Upottery Primary School	A⁺	9%	84%
The Duchy School Bradninch	A⁺	17%	84%
The Grove School	A⁺	16%	83%
Stockland Church of England Primary Academy	A⁺	0%	83%
Appledore School	A	20%	82%
Ermington Primary School	A	6%	82%
Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School	A	37%	79%
Marldon Church of England Primary School	A	14%	78%
Broadclyst Community Primary School	A	13%	78%
Stokeinteignhead School	A	3%	77%
Witheridge Church of England Primary Academy	A	33%	77%
Bradworthy Primary Academy	A	23%	76%
Stoke Fleming Community Primary School	A	15%	76%
St Gabriel's CofE Primary School	A	50%	76%
Dartington Church of England Academy	A	20%	76%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School	A⁻	25%	75%
Hemyock Primary School	A⁻	10%	75%
Stokenham Area Primary School	A⁻	5%	74%
Canada Hill Community Primary School	A⁻	9%	74%
Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School	A⁻	7%	74%
Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary	A⁻	8%	74%
Aveton Gifford CofE Primary School	A⁻	10%	74%
Cockwood Primary School	A⁻	23%	74%
Bratton Fleming Community Primary School	A⁻	13%	74%
Kingsacre Primary School	A⁻	9%	73%
Abbotskerswell Primary School	A⁻	11%	73%
Payhembury Church of England Primary School	A⁻	4%	73%
St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School	A⁻	12%	73%
High Bickington Church of England Primary Academy	A⁻	6%	73%
Dunsford Community Academy	A⁻	1%	73%
Lamerton CofE Primary Academy	A⁻	15%	73%
Halwill Community Primary School	A⁻	5%	72%
Modbury Primary School	A⁻	15%	72%
Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School	A⁻	25%	72%
Landscove Church of England Primary School	A⁻	12%	72%
Ashleigh CofE Primary School	A⁻	36%	72%
Monkleigh Primary School	A⁻	9%	71%
Offwell Church of England Primary School	A⁻	10%	71%
Uplowman Church of England Primary School	A⁻	8%	71%
Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School	A⁻	15%	71%
Ide Primary School	A⁻	10%	71%
Gulworthy Primary Academy	A⁻	6%	71%
Marwood School	A⁻	1%	71%
Southmead School	B⁺	19%	70%
Ilsington Church of England Primary School	B⁺	5%	70%
Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School	B⁺	17%	70%
St Helens Church of England Academy	B⁺	12%	70%
Drake's Church of England Primary School	B⁺	32%	70%
Honiton Primary School	B⁺	36%	69%
Seaton Primary School	B⁺	12%	69%
Instow Community Primary and Pre-School	B⁺	11%	69%
Bishopsteignton School	B⁺	19%	69%
Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School	B⁺	5%	69%
Sidbury Church of England Primary School	B⁺	20%	69%
Woodwater Academy	B⁺	28%	69%
Meavy Church of England Primary School	B⁺	7%	69%
Woodlands Park Primary School	B⁺	14%	69%
Exminster Community Primary	B⁺	13%	68%
Feniton Church of England Primary School	B⁺	14%	68%
Exwick Heights Primary School	B⁺	23%	68%
Newtown Primary School	B⁺	14%	68%
Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School	B	14%	67%
Umberleigh Primary Academy	B	25%	67%
Beer Church of England Primary School	B	11%	67%
Broadhempston Village Primary School	B	14%	67%
St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery	B	14%	67%
Bishops Tawton Primary School	B	7%	66%
Chudleigh Church of England Community Primary School	B	19%	66%
Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School	B	9%	66%
Chagford Church of England Primary School	B	13%	66%
Kenn Church of England Primary School	B	19%	66%
St Andrew's Church of England Academy	B	7%	66%
Parracombe Church of England Primary School	B	32%	65%
Woodbury Church of England Primary School	B	11%	65%
Uffculme Primary School	B	17%	65%
Alphington Primary School	B	15%	65%
Kingsbridge Primary School	B	21%	65%
Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School	B⁻	13%	64%
Landscore Primary School	B⁻	20%	64%
Winkleigh Primary School	B⁻	20%	64%
Awliscombe Church of England Primary School	B⁻	12%	64%
Lynton Church of England Primary School	B⁻	10%	64%
Blackawton Primary School	B⁻	11%	64%
East Allington Primary School	B⁻	9%	64%
Wembury Primary School	B⁻	6%	64%
Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School	B⁻	11%	64%
Landkey Community Primary Academy	B⁻	15%	64%
Bassetts Farm Primary School	B⁻	25%	63%
Tipton St John Church of England Primary School	B⁻	15%	63%
Rydon Primary School	B⁻	18%	63%
Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary School	B⁻	9%	63%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast	B⁻	31%	63%
Sidmouth Church of England Primary School	B⁻	25%	63%
Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School	B⁻	40%	63%
Ipplepen Primary School	B⁻	16%	62%
Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School	B⁻	25%	62%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School	B⁻	23%	62%
Teignmouth Primary School	B⁻	51%	62%
Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy	B⁻	24%	62%
St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy	B⁻	7%	62%
Cranbrook Education Campus	B⁻	26%	62%
Hawkchurch Church of England School	B⁻	43%	62%
Woolacombe School	B⁻	15%	62%
Sherford Vale School & Nursery	B⁻	30%	62%
Manor Primary School, Ivybridge	B⁻	23%	62%
Horwood and Newton Tracey Community Primary School	B⁻	6%	62%
East-the-Water Community Primary School	B⁻	44%	61%
Hartland Primary School	B⁻	17%	61%
Hazeldown School	B⁻	17%	61%
Swimbridge Church of England Primary School	B⁻	15%	61%
Yealmpton Primary School	B⁻	13%	61%
Newport Community School Primary Academy	B⁻	22%	61%
Charleton Church of England Academy	B⁻	25%	61%
Exbourne Church of England Primary School	B⁻	20%	61%
Colyton Primary Academy	B⁻	23%	61%
Spreyton School	C⁺	24%	60%
Thorverton Church of England Primary School	C⁺	4%	60%
Sparkwell All Saints Primary School	C⁺	11%	60%
All Saints Church of England Primary School	C⁺	17%	60%
Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary School	C⁺	7%	60%
Bolham Community Primary School	C⁺	5%	60%
St Martin's CofE Primary & Nursery School	C⁺	20%	60%
Stoke Hill Junior School	C⁺	20%	59%
Newton Poppleford Primary School	C⁺	17%	59%
Shebbear Community School	C⁺	22%	59%
Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School	C⁺	22%	59%
Silverton Church of England Primary School	C⁺	13%	59%
Ashburton Primary School	C⁺	24%	59%
St Andrew's Primary School	C⁺	24%	59%
All Saints Marsh CofE Academy	C⁺	27%	59%
St David's CofE Primary School	C⁺	28%	59%
North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery	C⁺	17%	59%
Holbeton Primary School	C⁺	14%	59%
Whipton Barton Junior School	C⁺	51%	59%
Hayward's Primary School	C⁺	22%	58%
Newton St Cyres Primary School	C⁺	10%	58%
St Giles-on-the-Heath Community School	C⁺	21%	58%
Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary School	C⁺	37%	58%
Holywell Church of England School	C⁺	14%	58%
Sticklepath Community Primary Academy	C⁺	24%	58%
Ugborough Primary School	C⁺	7%	58%
Burlescombe Church of England Primary School	C⁺	23%	58%
Georgeham Church of England Primary School	C⁺	8%	58%
Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School	C⁺	15%	58%
Culmstock Primary School	C	13%	57%
Orchard Vale Community School	C	26%	57%
Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School	C	3%	57%
Tidcombe Primary School	C	17%	57%
St Thomas Primary School	C	24%	57%
West Alvington Church of England Academy	C	38%	57%
Combe Martin Primary School	C	35%	57%
St Mary's CofE Primary School	C	19%	57%
Montgomery Primary School	C	31%	56%
Lympstone Church of England Primary School	C	8%	56%
Kingskerswell Church of England Primary School	C	17%	56%
St Peter's Church of England Primary School	C	20%	56%
The Topsham School	C	14%	56%
South Molton Community Primary School	C	31%	56%
Clyst St Mary Primary School	C	12%	55%
Sandford School	C	16%	55%
Willand School	C	18%	55%
Goodleigh Church of England Primary School	C	19%	55%
Wilcombe Primary School	C	45%	55%
Bowhill Primary School	C	16%	55%
Kenton Primary School	C	16%	55%
Shute Community Primary School	C	11%	54%
Whimple Primary School	C	6%	54%
Caen Community Primary School	C	12%	54%
Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit	C	15%	54%
Tavistock Primary & Nursery School	C	32%	54%
Two Moors Primary School	C	27%	54%
Littletown Primary Academy	C	17%	54%
St John's Catholic Primary School	C	27%	54%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth	C	13%	54%
Gatehouse Primary Academy	C	31%	54%
Bampton Church of England Primary School	C	17%	54%
Whitchurch Community Primary School	C	20%	54%
West Down School	C	15%	54%
The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School	C⁻	20%	53%
Westclyst Community Primary School	C⁻	19%	53%
Bridgerule Church of England Primary School	C⁻	9%	53%
Starcross Primary School	C⁻	24%	53%
North Molton Primary School	C⁻	27%	53%
Lifton Community Academy	C⁻	19%	53%
Webber's Church of England Primary School	C⁻	8%	53%
Ottery St Mary Primary School	C⁻	13%	52%
Loddiswell Primary School	C⁻	10%	52%
Decoy Primary School	C⁻	24%	52%
Blackpool Church of England Primary School	C⁻	8%	52%
Our Lady and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School	C⁻	15%	52%
St Peter's Church of England Junior School	C⁻	21%	52%
South Tawton Primary School	C⁻	14%	52%
Willowbank Primary School	C⁻	21%	52%
Dartmouth Academy	C⁻	26%	51%
Kingsteignton School	C⁻	13%	51%
Thomas Hall School	C⁻	34%	51%
Berrynarbor Church of England Primary School	C⁻	13%	51%
Ladysmith Junior School	C⁻	20%	51%
Denbury Primary School	C⁻	6%	50%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple	C⁻	26%	50%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster	C⁻	12%	50%
Harbertonford Church of England Primary School	C⁻	17%	50%
Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School	C⁻	32%	50%
Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School	C⁻	40%	49%
Buckfastleigh Primary School	C⁻	42%	49%
Brixington Primary Academy	C⁻	27%	49%
Bere Alston Primary Academy	C⁻	28%	49%
Parkham Primary School	C⁻	15%	48%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	C⁻	30%	48%
Yeo Valley Primary School	C⁻	56%	48%
Halberton Primary School	D	18%	47%
Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School	D	23%	47%
Holsworthy Church of England Primary School	D	29%	47%
Chulmleigh Primary School	D	14%	47%
Boasley Cross Community Primary School	D	11%	47%
Princetown Community Primary School	D	55%	47%
Haytor View Community Primary School	D	43%	47%
Bridestowe Primary School	D	16%	46%
Fremington Primary School	D	19%	46%
Wynstream Primary School Academy	D	60%	46%
Bow Community Primary School	D	20%	45%
East Worlington Primary School	D	20%	45%
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School	D	22%	45%
Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School	D	20%	45%
Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit	D	25%	44%
Castle Primary School	D	36%	44%
Brayford Academy	D	12%	44%
Lady Modiford's Church of England Primary School	D	0%	44%
Dolton Church of England Academy	D	39%	44%
Ashwater Primary School	D	10%	43%
Moretonhampstead Primary School	D	10%	43%
Eden Park Academy	D	56%	43%
Kentisbury Primary School	D	16%	42%
Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School	D	19%	42%
South Brent Primary School	D	20%	42%
Hennock Community Primary School	D	13%	42%
St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School	D	33%	41%
Westcliff Primary Academy	D	25%	41%
Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit	D	30%	41%
Shirwell Community Primary School	D	24%	41%
South Molton United CofE Primary School	D	28%	41%
Copplestone Primary School	D	16%	40%
Kilmington Primary School	D	24%	40%
Hatherleigh Community Primary School	D	20%	40%
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy	D	12%	40%
Diptford Parochial Church of England Primary School	D	11%	40%
Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School	D	10%	40%
St Catherine's CofE Primary School	D	36%	39%
Salcombe Church of England Primary School	D	16%	39%
Clawton Academy	D	32%	39%
Clyst Hydon Primary School	D⁻	25%	38%
Buckland Brewer Primary School	D⁻	29%	38%
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior School	D⁻	34%	38%
Rackenford Church of England Primary School	D⁻	13%	38%
Stoke Gabriel Primary School	D⁻	13%	38%
Beaford Community Primary & Nursery School	D⁻	9%	38%
Milton Abbot Primary School	D⁻	7%	38%
Heathcoat Primary School	D⁻	37%	37%
Cornwood Church of England Primary School	D⁻	26%	37%
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth	D⁻	24%	37%
Woolsery Primary School	D⁻	11%	36%
Filleigh Community Primary School	D⁻	20%	35%
Malborough with South Huish Church of England Primary School	D⁻	22%	35%
Axminster Community Primary Academy	D⁻	39%	35%
Musbury Primary School	D⁻	33%	35%
Otterton Church of England Primary School	D⁻	24%	35%
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School	D⁻	27%	34%
Exeter Road Community Primary School	D⁻	39%	30%
West Croft School	D⁻	43%	30%
Bishops Nympton Primary School	D⁻	14%	29%
The Erme Primary School	D⁻	18%	27%
Bradford Primary School	D⁻	28%	27%
Yeoford Community Primary School	D⁻	14%	25%
Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery	D⁻	29%	24%
Plymtree Church of England Primary School	D⁻	30%	23%
Broadhembury Church of England Primary School	D⁻	35%	21%
Bearnes Voluntary Primary School	D⁻	43%	18%
Kings Nympton Community Primary School	D⁻	59%	13%
Highampton Community Primary School	D⁻	30%	11%
Branscombe Church of England Primary School	D⁻	33%	10%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

393 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support

11.2%England 15.3%

EHC plan

2.5%England 3.6%

English as an additional language

1.5%England 18.8%

Free school meals in the last 6 years

14.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%

Its letter

Rydon Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths B⁻Better than 51% of 15,230 schools

How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A⁺ 95+A 85–94A⁻ 75–84B⁺ 65–74B 55–64B⁻ 45–54C⁺ 35–44C 25–34C⁻ 15–24D 5–14D⁻ 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting March 2026.

SafeguardingMet

AchievementExpected standard

Curriculum and teachingExpected standard

InclusionExpected standard

Attendance and behaviourExpected standard

Personal development and well-beingStrong standard

Leadership and governanceExpected standard

Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, January 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Rydon Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TQ12 3, the school’s postcode sector

Kingsteignton property prices →

£285,000

median sale, 525 sales in 36 months · Kingsteignton £285,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

TQ12 3Kingsteignton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached

£385K

Semi-detached

£280K

Terraced

£223K

Flat

£154K

TQ12 3Kingsteignton

Homes in TQ12 3 sell for about the same as Kingsteignton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

4 state schools

ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Location

Directions ↗

Kingsteignton, TQ12 3LP

Rydon Primary School: common questions

Is Rydon Primary School a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 51% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 63% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in March 2026.

How hard is it to get into Rydon Primary School?

For September 2026, 41 families put Rydon Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 44 places were offered in all.

What is Rydon Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (March 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Rydon Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, TQ12 3, sold for a median £285,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (525 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 137528

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

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