Parkham 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 🔒
Parkham Primary School is a primary school in Bideford, Devon for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Parkham 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 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 15.2 pupils per teacher, compared with 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
- Parkham, Bideford, EX39 5PL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and arrive with a sense that they belong here.”
- “The school’s small size ensures that staff and pupils know each other well.”
- “Pupils describe their school as a family.”
To improve
- “However, this approach is less well developed in some foundation subjects.”
- “In these subjects, some feedback to pupils is not precise enough to address gaps in learning.”
- “As a result, teaching sometimes moves on without pupils fully securing key knowledge and some activities are not as ambitious as they could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 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) | 50% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.
- Buckland Brewer Primary School 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Woolsery Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Helen's Church of England School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monkleigh Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Croft School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East-the-Water Community Primary School 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published