The total number on roll pre-June 1940 averaged about 38.  No evacuees  had yet made their way to East Worlington.  However, this was to change by the end of June when 25 evacuees arrived.

Consider the impact of this on such a small school and on the whole community.  At the time, the school had only 2 classrooms, and had children up to the age of 14.

Date	Devon Scholars	Private Evacuees	Official Evacuees	Total on Roll
1940 May	38	0	0	38
1940 June 24th	38	3	25	66
1940 July 2nd	38	5	28	71
1940 July 26th	37	4	15	56
1940 Sept 27th	36	6	13	54
1941 Feb 14th	33	7	14	54
1941 April 22nd	34	7	16	57
1941 June 3rd	34	8	18	60
1942 Jan 30th	35	1	12	48
1942 May 1st	42	1	10	53

From January 1943, the number of evacuees dropped to one or two, and by the end of the war, there were 28 Devon children with 1 evacuee.

Devon numbers were lower from 24th April 1944 when, following the EducationAct of 1944, children were transferred to Chulmleigh senior school,leaving only infants and juniors at East Worlington.

Evacuees listed in School Admission Book 1940-1941

Those recorded are largely Unofficial (private) evacuees, Official evacuees were recorded on a separate register.

Admitted	Names(s)	Billet	From	Returned To
10-Jun-40	Philip & Shirley Carter, Doreen Deeks	Affeton Mill	Leyton stone
25-Jun-40	Elizabeth & Joyce Jenner	Rusdon Cottage	Oxford	Oxford 19-Dec-40
01-Jul-40	Margaret & David Thompson	Thorndon Farm	Bristol	Bristol 18-Sep-41
09.Sep-40	Sybil Lee	Woodhouse Down Thelbridge	Plymouth	Nuneaton 02-Oct-42
16-Sep-40	John Woodland	Sunnyside	New Malden	Surrey 11.02.41
01-Oct-40	Marilyn White	Horseford Farm	Bognor Regis	Private Tuition from 16-Dec-40 Readmitted 6-May-41. Returned Bognor 18-Dec-41
11-Nov-40	Joan White	Thordon Villa	Kenton, Middx.	Transferred to Official register19-Sep-41
02-Jul-40	Colin Campbell (refugee)	Grove House	Guernsey	Scholarship to Crediton High School 15-Aug-41
13.-Jan-41	Enid & Keith Gamgee	Rusdon	Sidcup	Kent 17-Oct-.41
06-Feb-41	Nellie Hiscock	Affeton Castle	Shipton Moyre	Essex 18-Dec-41