Honiton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Honiton, 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 🔒
Honiton Primary School is a primary school in Honiton, Devon for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Honiton 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, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3rd highest of 7 schools: this one and 6 of the 8 nearest Devon primaries that have results.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 36.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon is 14.1%.
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
- Clapper Lane, Honiton, EX14 1QF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s vision of having ‘world-ready people’ is the heartbeat of everything at Honiton Primary School.”
- “The values that underpin this vision permeate the school.”
- “Parents feel the school is the anchor of the community.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, there is more to do to develop the reading curriculum.”
- “Once pupils have grasped phonics sounds, the curriculum is not fully thought out.”
- “The knowledge and skills that pupils need to know to master more complex reading skills are not sequenced well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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) | 71% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 48 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.
- Littletown Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Awliscombe Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Offwell Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Farway Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Feniton Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadhembury Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Payhembury Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Upottery Primary School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published