Culmstock Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cullompton, 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 🔒
Culmstock Primary School is a primary school in Cullompton, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Culmstock 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
- There were 11 first-choice applications for 13 offers for Reception in 2026, or 0.8 first choices per offer, the 15th lowest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 31.8 pupils per teacher compares with a middle figure of 18.6 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
- Culmstock, Cullompton, EX15 3JP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 123 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They are keen to follow the ‘Culmstock Way’, which sets out the school’s values of, for example, showing care and compassion.”
- “Pupils know that everyone is treated equally.”
To improve
- “Some subjects are more developed than others.”
- “However, in other subjects, assessment is not used as effectively.”
- “This leads to pupils developing gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 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) | 63% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 11 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.
- Hemyock Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Uffculme Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burlescombe Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Webber's Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willand School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Uplowman Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published