Best Primary Schools in Bideford

We checked all 13 primary schools in Bideford, Devon, and list every one: 12 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
13
Ranked
12
Without a rank
1

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Bideford. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Devon. Devon also has rankings for Exeter, Newton Abbot, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Totnes and all of Devon.

Ranked primary schools in Bideford

  1. 1

    Monkleigh Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 137 pupils, inspected November 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    27%

  2. 2

    Appledore School

    Local authority maintained, 244 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    79%
    Higher standard
    14%

  3. 3

    Hartland Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 106 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    79%
    Higher standard
    16%

  4. 4

    Instow Community Primary and Pre-School

    Local authority maintained, 136 pupils, inspected November 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    6%

  5. 5

    Parkham Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 55 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    13%

  6. 6

    East-the-Water Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 439 pupils, inspected February 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    5%

  7. 7

    St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Academy, 397 pupils, inspected October 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    2%

  8. 8

    St Helen's Church of England School

    Academy, 204 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%

  9. 9

    Woolsery Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 108 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    0%

  10. 10

    West Croft School

    Local authority maintained, 417 pupils, inspected February 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    0%

  11. 11

    St Margaret's Church of England Junior School

    Academy, 184 pupils, inspected March 2020

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    0%

  12. 12

    Buckland Brewer Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 49 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    33%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Bideford without a rank