Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Ilfracombe, 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 🔒
Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Ilfracombe, Devon for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery 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
- There were 51 first-choice applications for 51 offers for Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Free school meals eligibility is 30.4%, against a middle figure of 14.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- There are 21.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.8 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
- Marlborough Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8JL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “They are safe and know that if they have any concerns there is a member of staff they can speak to.”
- “These help to develop pupils’ talents and interests.”
- “The teaching of phonics is a strength of the school.”
To improve
- “Pupils at Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School follow a broad curriculum but they do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “School leaders are not ambitious enough for what pupils can do.”
- “This means that pupils are not well prepared for the next stage of their education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 51 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 51 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.
- Ilfracombe Church of England Junior School 0.2 mi Not judged
- Berrynarbor Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Down School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Combe Martin Primary School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woolacombe School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Marwood School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Georgeham Church of England Primary School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kentisbury Primary School 6.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published