Woolsery 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 🔒
Woolsery Primary School is a primary school in Bideford, Devon for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Woolsery 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.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, against a published admission number of 15 places, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths results ranked 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5QS
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 108 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils talk about how much they love coming to school.”
- “They have positive attitudes to learning and value the family ethos that leaders create.”
- “Pupils say that staff are quick to address any behaviour that disturbs their learning.”
To improve
- “However, some subjects in the wider curriculum are not as well established as reading and mathematics.”
- “Leaders, including those responsible for governance, do not have a fully accurate view of pupils’ wider education.”
- “Despite this, some subject leaders do not make the most effective use of the information that is available to them through their checking and evaluation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 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) | 38% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradworthy Primary Academy 4.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hartland Primary School 4.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Buckland Brewer Primary School 5.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Helen's Church of England School 6.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monkleigh Primary School 7.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Croft School 7.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit 8.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published