Bassetts Farm Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Exmouth, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.36 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bassetts Farm Primary School is a primary school in Exmouth, Devon for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bassetts Farm 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 | 1.36 mi |
| 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 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.36 miles away, the 18th shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 62 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- St John's Road, Exmouth, EX8 4GB
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 451 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “From the moment pupils start at Bassetts Farm Primary School, they develop ‘a love of learning for life’.”
- “The school has high aspirations for all pupils.”
- “Pupils experience a range of opportunities through the ambitious curriculum.”
To improve
- “Some implementation of the curriculum and associated planned learning, does not meet the needs of all pupils.”
- “This makes it harder for some pupils to build their learning over time.”
- “When asked to compare these with some modern examples of toys, pupils did not have access to the toys from the past.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 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) | 63% | 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: 62 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Brixington Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marpool Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Littleham Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Exeter Road Community Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lympstone Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published