Exeter Road Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Exmouth, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Exeter Road Community Primary School is a primary school in Exmouth, Devon for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Exeter Road Community 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, 8% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- The latest Ofsted outcome was Not judged (4 February 2025); the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (11 October 2022).
- For Reception 2026 there were 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 39.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 25% 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
- Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 1PU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming and inclusive school in the heart of Exmouth.”
- “They form strong relationships with staff and know who to talk to if they have a worry.”
- “Pupils trust staff to act on any concerns about bullying.”
To improve
- “However, in the rest of the school, much of the curriculum is in an early stage of implementation.”
- “Pupils struggle to remember what they have been taught.”
- “Published outcomes in 2024 show that not enough pupils in Year 6 leave the school able to write or apply their mathematics well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 8% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Marpool Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brixington Primary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bassetts Farm Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Littleham Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cockwood Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published