West Croft School
Primary schoolWest Croft School is a primary school in Torridge, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 417 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met, special measures
- Inspection
- Report card, 19 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Urgent improvement
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 38% of pupils at West Croft School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Devon and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Bideford CollegeSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)660 m
- Kingsley School DevonIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1 km
- St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- East-the-Water Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Torridge
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).