Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Highweek Community Primary and Nursery 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 21 March 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Highweek Community Primary and Nursery 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
- There were 24 first-choice applications for 26 offers for Reception in 2026, or 0.9 first choices per offer, the 49th lowest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 25 pupils per teacher compares with a middle figure of 22.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- 41.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30% 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
- Coronation Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1TX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 287 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Highweek Community Primary and Nursery is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “The culture of expectation is high.”
- “Staff encourage all pupils to be the best they can be, including those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the curriculum is new.”
- “The sequencing of the curriculum is not as fully developed.”
- “However, a small minority of parents and carers do not feel fully informed about how the school deals with behaviour.”
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) | 50% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 24 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Canada Hill Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Decoy Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haytor View Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published