Clyst St Mary Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Clyst St Mary Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Clyst St Mary 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
- In 2026 Reception, there were 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 17.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Clyst St Mary, The Village, Exeter, EX5 1BG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Clyst St Mary Primary School is a warm and friendly school at the heart of the community.”
- “Staff and pupils have relationships built on trust and mutual respect.”
- “Pupils say that if they have any concerns, they know staff will support them.”
To improve
- “However, some aspects of the curriculum are not implemented effectively enough.”
- “This means many pupils are not prepared for the next stage of their education as well as they should.”
- “However, teachers do not effectively check what pupils understand.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (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) | 66% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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 Devon.
- Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodwater Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Topsham School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monkerton Community Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Countess Wear Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published