St Giles-on-the-Heath Community School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Launceston, 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 🔒
St Giles-on-the-Heath Community School is a primary school in Launceston, Devon for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 January 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Giles-on-the-Heath Community 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, there were 7 first-choice applications for 7 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, 3 of the 9 applications (33%) came from families living outside Devon; 2 offers went to them.
- The school has 14.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.7 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
- St Giles-on-the-Heath, Launceston, PL15 9SD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 100 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 January 2023
Strengths
- “St Giles-on-the-Heath is a small and supportive school.”
- “Many staff and parents and carers reported that leaders go ‘above and beyond’ for each pupil.”
- “Staff know pupils as individuals.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not planned the crucial knowledge that they want pupils to remember.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not remember as much as they could over time or make links with what they have learned before.”
- “However, the PSHE education curriculum does not help pupils to fully understand about life in modern Britain.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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) | 57% | 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, 7 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.
- Ashwater Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lifton Community Academy 3.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Clawton Primary School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Halwill Community Primary School 7.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milton Abbot Primary School 7.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holsworthy Church of England Primary School 8.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boasley Cross Community Primary School 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published