Denbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Denbury Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Denbury 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 | Not published |
| 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, 31% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 5.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.5% 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
- West Street, Denbury, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6DP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 111 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at Denbury Primary School.”
- “They are proud of their school values: ‘sensitive, motivated, attentive, responsible, truthful’.”
- “All pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are included in all aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not always use assessment precisely enough to determine what pupils know and remember.”
- “Consequently, some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This makes it difficult for them to build their knowledge and learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 31% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 16 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.
- Ipplepen Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Canada Hill Community Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadhempston Village Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbotskerswell Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published