Buckland Brewer Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Bideford, 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 🔒
Buckland Brewer Primary School is a primary school in Bideford, Devon for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Buckland Brewer 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 7 first-choice applications for 8 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; the published admission number was 10 places.
- In 2024/25, 33% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- With 49 pupils on roll, there are 12.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.8 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
- Buckland Brewer, Bideford, EX39 5LX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 49 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils to succeed.”
- “Since the previous inspection, the school has made changes to the curriculum to promote high expectations for all pupils.”
- “These actions are making a difference.”
To improve
- “However, it is still early days.”
- “The curriculum does not yet support pupils to build their knowledge well enough.”
- “Some subjects are further ahead than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 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) | 33% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 7 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.
- Parkham Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkleigh Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Helen's Church of England School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Croft School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- East-the-Water Community Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published