Bishops Tawton Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Barnstaple, 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 🔒
Bishops Tawton Primary School is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bishops Tawton 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 2026, Reception had 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published outcome.
- 6.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.1% 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
- School Lane, Bishops Tawton, Barnstaple, EX32 0AE
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this caring school.”
- “Pupils are keen to learn and they settle quickly into their morning activities.”
- “High rates of attendance reflect that pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, the proportion of pupils working at a higher level in writing has been below the national average.”
- “In addition, not enough pupils met the national standards in the Year 4 multiplication test.”
- “However, some staff do not have the subject knowledge they need to teach phonics consistently well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2026 (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) | 54% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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.
- Holywell Church of England School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Landkey Community Primary Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orchard Vale Community School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sticklepath Community Primary Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published