Smile Learning Trust

UID 1967·Incorporated November 2013·Compare

Schools

Flags

Finance: 2025/26Ofsted: Apr 2026Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2026/27Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£3.7m

625 pupils

Avg staff costs

78.0%

of income

Avg reserves

13.3%

of income

Avg absence

3.6%

Persistent: 6.5%

More metrics

Trust overview

With 2 schools, trust-wide averages move materially with a single school's results.

1 of 2 schools report staff costs above the DfE's 78% review point. Staffing ratios reflect phase mix, curriculum and local context as much as efficiency.

All 2 schools with reported data hold reserves at or above the DfE's 5% reference point.

Trust-average reserves have fallen about 4 percentage points over two years of published returns.

1 of 2 schools spent more than their income in the latest year. Single-year deficits are common around growth, building works or falling rolls; multi-year patterns matter more than one snapshot.

Absence is at or below the national average in 2 of 2 schools.

All 2 inspected schools meet the expected standard or above — Good or better under the legacy framework, or Expected standard or above under the Report Card.

1 of these inspections used the new Report Card framework; its scale is not directly comparable with legacy grades.

Generated from published DfE and Ofsted data — year-end snapshots that cannot show in-year plans, restructuring or local context. Reference points are DfE review thresholds, not judgements.

Ofsted & results

Ofsted

100%meeting standard or above

Across 2 graded schools, including 1 under the new Report Card framework. The two frameworks are not directly comparable.

Sub-judgements — earlier framework

Quality of education

100% Good+

Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

100% Good+

Good 1

Personal development

100% Good+

Good 1

Leadership & management

100% Good+

Good 2

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

71.0%

+10.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

Incorporated1 November 2013

Report Card inspections (new framework)

About these grades

Grade distribution across 1 schoolinspected under Ofsted's 5-point scale (from November 2025). Not directly comparable with the earlier 1–4 sub-judgements above.

Curriculum & teaching

Expected standard 1

Achievement

Expected standard 1

Inclusion

Expected standard 1

Attendance & behaviour

Expected standard 1

Personal development

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	2	640	£3.2m	£3.1m	72.7%	16.7%
2022/23	2	624	£3.3m	£3.3m	76.0%	17.2%
2023/24	2	631	£3.4m	£3.5m	79.3%	14.5%
2024/25partial	2	625	£3.7m	£3.7m	78.0%	13.3%
2025/26	2	640	—	—	—	—

Member schools (2)

2 schools|2 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Ottery St Mary Primary School	113105	Primary	high staff costs
West Hill Primary School	113106	Primary	workforce pressurehigh staff costsin year deficit

Ottery St Mary Primary SchoolPrimary

high staff costs

West Hill Primary SchoolPrimary

workforce pressurehigh staff costsin year deficit

Smile Learning Trust

Trust overview

At a glance

Ofsted & results

Ofsted

Performance (trust avg)

Trust details

Report Card inspections (new framework)

Growth

Member schools (2)