Marpool Primary School
Primary school in Exmouth, Devon. Inadequate (Jun 2023). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 27 June 2023, report published 5 November 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Marpool Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Marpool Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around June 2027
The last inspection was in June 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
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Report card, Apr 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention
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Inadequate (May 2023) Special measures
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.