Decoy Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Newton Abbot, 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 🔒
Decoy Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Decoy 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
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 55 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 23.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon is 38.6%.
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
- Deer Park Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1DH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “Decoy Primary is an inclusive school with a family ethos.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for all.”
- “Pupils rise to these by working hard and acting on the guidance adults provide.”
To improve
- “This means they do not yet know how well their plans are working.”
- “However, this is not yet the case for all subjects in the wider curriculum.”
- “In these subjects, teachers do not always accurately check pupils’ understanding before moving on to new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 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) | 48% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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.
- Haytor View Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbotskerswell Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Canada Hill Community Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published