Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Devon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 30 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 31 October 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 8 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry19 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first
- 2026 1.1; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.2; Devon median median 1.5
- 2024 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2023 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2022 1.2; Devon median median 1.6
- 2021 1.2; Devon median median 1.6
- 2020 1.4; Devon median median 1.6
- 2019 1.6; Devon median median 1.6
- 2018 1.3; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Devon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as Forches Cross Community Primary School (URN 113127), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 17 | 19 | 1.1 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 18 | 21 | 1.2 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 22 | 27 | 1.2 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 24 | 31 | 1.3 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 * | 17 | 26 | 1.5 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 20 | 31 | 1.6 | 18 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 26 | 35 | 1.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 58% · Maths 75% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Devon median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 54% | 0% | 105 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 0% | 105 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 26% | 3% | 102 | 99 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Eden Park AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · DevonGood20221.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · DevonGood20231.3applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · DevonGood20231.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place
- 2.1 km · DevonGood202363%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Devon20261.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146096 · 878/2204
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 118 on roll
- Free school meals
- 56.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2018
- Replaced
- Forches Cross Community Primary School (URN 113127)
- Address
- Eden Park Academy, Forches Avenue, Barnstaple, EX32 8EF
- Local authority
- Devon · North Devon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources