Caen Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Braunton, 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 🔒
Caen Community Primary School is a primary school in Braunton, Devon for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Caen 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
- For Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, with 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 27.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 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
- Caen Street, Braunton, EX33 1AD
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 328 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “The school is a welcoming, caring and friendly community.”
- “Pupils are kind to each other and respect different views and opinions.”
- “They feel happy and safe because staff know and respond to their individual needs.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes staff expectations for pupils’ conduct are not high enough.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not behave well.”
- “However, teachers’ use of assessment does not identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge with enough precision.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 55% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Kingsacre Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southmead School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Georgeham Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fremington Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Instow Community Primary and Pre-School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Down School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roundswell Community Primary Academy 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Marwood School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published