Devonshire Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sutton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Sutton · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Devonshire Primary School is a primary school in Sutton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Sutton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Devonshire Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 26% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sutton.
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, with 60 first-choice applications for 63 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 2nd lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sutton that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sutton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Devonshire Avenue, Sutton, SM2 5JL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sutton
- Pupils on roll
- 678 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Devonshire Primary School is a welcoming and friendly place where everyone is valued.”
- “Staff take the time to greet pupils warmly each morning.”
- “This creates a positive start to the day.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school is not clear enough about the key knowledge that pupils must learn.”
- “As a result, pupils do not remember their learning as well as they could.”
- “Therefore, some pupils have gaps in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 64% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 63 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sutton.
- Barrow Hedges Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Robin Hood Infants' School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Robin Hood Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Avenue Primary Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stanley Park Infants School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanley Park Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's RC Junior School 1.2 mi Improved significantly