Willand School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cullompton, 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 🔒
Willand School is a primary school in Cullompton, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Willand 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
- 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.
- The 2026 Reception entry had 45 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Gables Road, Willand, Cullompton, EX15 2QL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Willand school is inclusive and welcoming.”
- “It provides a safe and happy environment for pupils.”
- “Pupils, including those in Reception Year, talk positively and confidently about the school and their learning.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes misconceptions are not addressed quickly and when this occurs, some pupils do not catch up swiftly enough.”
- “In a few subjects, the school is still reviewing the curriculum and how it assesses pupils’ learning.”
- “In these subjects, curriculum content is not yet precise.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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) | 58% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 45 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.
- Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halberton Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Uffculme Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willowbank Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplowman Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Tidcombe Primary School 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published