Exminster Community Primary
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Exeter, 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 🔒
Exminster Community Primary is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Exminster Community Primary 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
- 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 45 offers and every applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published outcome.
- Some 13.4% of pupils 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
- Main Road, Exminster, Exeter, EX6 8AJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 388 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “The school’s welcoming ethos is well established.”
- “Leaders nurture positive character traits among pupils.”
- “They are keen to get involved in class and in other aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “Although there is a positive culture of reading in the school, some pupils in key stage 1 have fallen behind.”
- “Some pupils find it more difficult to manage their behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2022 (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) | 76% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 45 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.
- Countess Wear Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Topsham School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kenn Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wynstream Primary School Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alphington Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published