Appledore School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Bideford, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.65 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Appledore School is a primary school in Bideford, Devon for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Appledore 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 | 1.65 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 Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.65 miles away, the 19th longest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 or 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- In Reception 2026, there were 42 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% 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
- Richmond Road, Appledore, Bideford, EX39 1PF
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to Appledore School.”
- “They attend regularly and look forward to their learning.”
- “This starts in the early years where children are curious about the world around them.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders do not check the implementation of the intended curriculum in enough depth.”
- “As a result, they are not fully aware of how well pupils learn, or where progress through the curriculum has stalled.”
- “However, some pupils and their needs are not identified early enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 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) | 79% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Instow Community Primary and Pre-School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East-the-Water Community Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Croft School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Helen's Church of England School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fremington Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published