Marwood School
Primary school in Barnstaple, Devon. Requires improvement (Sep 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 28 September 2022, report published 24 November 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Marwood School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Marwood School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| 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 March 2025
The last inspection was in September 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
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.
Nearby primary schools
- 2.7 milesShirwell Community Primary School
Not inspected yet
- 3.0 milesPilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy
Good (Nov 2023)
- 3.0 milesPilton Infants' Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education good (May 2025)
- 3.1 milesWest Down School
Good (Oct 2019)
- 3.3 milesYeo Valley Primary School
Good (May 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.