Two Moors Primary School, Tiverton

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Two Moors Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 1 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide a comprehensive and ambitious programme for pupils' personal development, combining taught lessons with a vast range of wider opportunities."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision for giving children the best possible start to their education."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Over time, outcomes for pupils are below national standards in reading, writing and mathematics combined."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Absence rates for disadvantaged pupils remain high, despite leaders' efforts."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Teaching is not helping pupils who have gaps in their writing knowledge to catch up quickly."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Extra funding intended to support disadvantaged pupils is not speeding up their progress through the curriculum."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders' actions to improve pupils' achievement in key stage 2 are not securing success quickly enough."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders at all levels should ensure the additional funding for disadvantaged pupils is used to effectively improve these pupils' achievement by closely monitoring the impact of actions taken"; "Leaders should ensure that highly effective teaching of writing for pupils in key stage 2 rapidly improves their compositional skills, spelling, punctuation and handwriting, especially for disadvantaged pupils"; "Leaders should ensure that precise adaptations that match the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils are embedded across key stage 2 so that any barriers to learning are quickly overcome"; "Leaders should ensure that the school's attendance strategy consistently improves pupils' attendance and reduces rates of absence, especially for disadvantaged pupils".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, dance and film.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Two Moors Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Devon and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (76% in reading, 69% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 31 families put Two Moors Primary School as their first choice and 46 named it as one of their preferences, for 31 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Two Moors Primary School are Castle Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 63% reading, 52% maths); Wilcombe Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 39% reading, 52% maths); St John's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 75% reading, 55% maths); and Tidcombe Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 83% reading, 91% maths).

Two Moors Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

54 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Two Moors Primary School (as of April 2026): 78% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 53% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (53%).

7.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Two Moors Primary School.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cowley Moor Road (sw-bound), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 172 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Devon (16), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Two Moors Primary School issued 9 suspensions, 2.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.