Shute Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Axminster, 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 🔒
Shute Community Primary School is a primary school in Axminster, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Shute 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, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 expected-standard figure of 71% was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon that have results.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 3 first-choice applications for 4 offers and 1 offer going to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.6% 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
- Haddon Road, Shute, Axminster, EX13 7QR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 46 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations of pupils’ achievement.”
- “Most pupils enjoy learning and achieve well.”
- “For example, pupils develop an understanding of chronology in history, building on ideas about the past and present gained in the Reception Year.”
To improve
- “However, on occasions, older pupils do not concentrate well enough.”
- “This sometimes hinders their learning.”
- “Despite these enhancements to the quality of teaching, pupils do not gain detailed knowledge in a few subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 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: 3 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 3 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.
- Kilmington Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Musbury Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colyton Primary Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Axminster Community Primary Academy 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Membury Primary Academy 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Offwell Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published