Graded inspection · Oct 2019 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Devon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry12 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.4; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2024 1.9; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.3; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.3; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.8; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Devon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as West Down School (URN 113172), 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 | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 * | 15 | 29 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- West Down SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20191.2applications per place
- 5.0 km · DevonRequires improvement20221.2applications per place
- 5.1 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place
- 5.3 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade202437%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · DevonGood20231.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · DevonGood20191.3applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 6.0 km · DevonGood20232.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · Devon20261.5applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 6.5 km · DevonRemains Good20231.4applications per place 72%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
- 150916 · 878/2249
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 95 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- West Down School (URN 113172)
- Address
- West Down, Ilfracombe, EX34 8NF
- Local authority
- Devon · North Devon
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources