Membury Primary Academy
Membury, Axminster, EX13 7AFOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Membury Primary Academy is a primary school in Axminster for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 416 schools in Devon. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in July 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 1 July 2025, report published 10 September 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 1 July 2025
Membury is a small and friendly school that wants the best for every pupil. Pupils like coming to school and get on well together. They behave well in and around the school. Pupils treat staff, visitors and each other with respect. Parents and carers are strongly supportive of the school. The school provides a warm welcome for the many pupils who join at different points in the school year. Whenever they join, new pupils get the help they need to settle in swiftly. The school is ambitious for all pupils. Pupils experience an improved curriculum that helps them to do well. Pupils focus on the task in hand and do what is asked of them. Pupils with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND) are supported well. As a result, most pupils learn well. Pupils get effective support for their personal development. There are many opportunities in place to broaden pupils' horizons. This helps to prepare pupils for life in modern Britain. The school ensures that pupils regularly meet and work with children from other schools. This helps pupils to be ready for the next stage in their education.
What the school should improve
- Some areas of the curriculum are not implemented consistently well. This is because, in some subjects, the school has not identified precisely what pupils need to learn at each stage of their education. This results in lessons that try to cover too much content so that pupils do not learn as well as they could. The trust should ensure that the school clarifies what needs to be learned in these subjects, so that pupils gain the knowledge that they need to succeed.
- The school does not ensure that pupils have the right skills and knowledge to work independently. Consequently, some pupils do not successfully complete challenging tasks on their own or in groups. The trust should ensure that staff have the knowledge and skills to enable pupils to work independently and to successfully complete work that is matched well to their learning needs.
Pupil numbers and mix
8 pupils on roll, with places for 41
Schools near Membury Primary Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockland Church of England Primary Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 80% met the expected standard |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 60% met the expected standard |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 50% met the expected standard |
| Kilmington Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 38% met the expected standard |
| Axminster Community Primary Academy | 3 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 52% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Miss Heidi Wickens
- Phone
- 01404881491
- Address
- Membury, Axminster, EX13 7AF
- Local authority
- Devon
- URN
- 142250
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.