Abbotskerswell Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.56 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Abbotskerswell Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Abbotskerswell 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 | 1.56 mi |
| 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, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last Reception 2026 offer went to a child 1.56 miles away; the middle across 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance was 1.50 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 14 offers; 14 went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- Pupils eligible for free school meals are 10.8% (middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon 38.6%), and there are 18.4 pupils per teacher (middle figure 24.6).
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
- Slade Lane, Abbotskerswell, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5NS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff and parents share high expectations.”
- “Pupils are polite and welcoming to visitors.”
- “They enjoy learning and talk positively about the work they have completed.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects in the wider curriculum, the curriculum is not as well developed.”
- “The precise knowledge the school wants pupils to know and remember is not yet identified.”
- “Where this occurs, assessment is not effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 71% | 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: 17 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.
- Canada Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Decoy Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haytor View Community Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published