Hayward's Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Crediton, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hayward's Primary School is a primary school in Crediton, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Hayward's 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 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Its latest Ofsted inspection (3 March 2026) gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good (26 June 2012).
- 22.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.3% 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
- East Street, Crediton, EX17 3AX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Hayward’s Primary School is a highly inclusive school that welcomes everyone.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and are proud to be part of the family that is ‘Hayward’s Community’.”
- “Leaders place disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) at the forefront of their decision-making.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils who could achieve the higher standards by the end of key stage 2 do not do so.”
- “Nevertheless, both leaders and governors know that there is more work to do in this regard.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 2026 (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) | 69% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Landscore Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandford School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Newton St Cyres Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Yeoford Community Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tedburn St Mary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Copplestone Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorverton Church of England Primary School 5.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published