Newton St Cyres Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newton St Cyres Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Newton St Cyres 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, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 8.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.3% 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
- Station Road, Newton St Cyres, Exeter, EX5 5DL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 133 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils meet the school’s high expectations for behaviour.”
- “The school is a calm place to learn.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and attendance rates are high.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the knowledge the school wants pupils to learn is not always broken down into small steps and the learning intentions are sometimes too broad.”
- “This means that pupils do not learn as well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 2023 (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) | 53% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hayward's Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Exwick Heights Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorverton Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Landscore Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stoke Hill Junior School 4.0 mi School remains Good