Sandford School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Sandford School is a primary school in Crediton, Devon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sandford 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 35th highest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- There are 16.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon, with 74 pupils on roll in January 2026.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Sandford, Crediton, EX17 4NE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 74 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Beginning in the early years, the inclusive ethos is a strength of the school.”
- “Children and staff form warm relationships.”
- “Children settle quickly into school and are keen to learn.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is new and has not had time to embed.”
- “As a result, in some areas the school has not checked how well the curriculum is working to help pupils to learn.”
- “This means that in these areas pupils do not learn as well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 62% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hayward's Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Copplestone Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yeoford Community Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newton St Cyres Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tedburn St Mary School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published