Graded inspection · Dec 2023 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 entry32 applications · 21 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Devon median median 1.5
- 2025 1.3; Devon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2024 1.6; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 1.7; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.5; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.5; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Devon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Devon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Devon median
Dashed bars: as South Molton Community Primary School (URN 113168), 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 | 21 | 32 | 1.5 | 19 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 * | 34 | 43 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 * | 29 | 47 | 1.6 | 22 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 26 | 38 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 * | 22 | 36 | 1.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2018 * | 38 | 51 | 1.3 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 25 | 35 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 * | 50 | 56 | 1.1 | 49 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 36 | 43 | 1.2 | 36 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- South Molton Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.5applications per place
- 1.0 km · Devon20261.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · DevonRemains Good20231.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 20%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · DevonGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · DevonRemains Good20221.5applications per place
- 8.9 km · DevonGood20232.0applications per place
- 10.1 km · DevonGood20241.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 10.2 km · DevonRemains Good20231.1applications per place 86%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
- 150918 · 878/2245
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 242 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- South Molton Community Primary School (URN 113168)
- Address
- North Road, South Molton, EX36 3BA
- Local authority
- Devon · North Devon
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources