Canada Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.49 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Canada Hill Community 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 6 December 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Canada Hill Community 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 | 1.49 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.49 miles away, the 21st shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance of 1.49 miles was further out than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 56 first-choice applications for 53 offers; 52 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Abbotsridge Drive, East Ogwell, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6YS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 344 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “The school has a welcoming culture.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They enjoy talking about their school with visitors.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, the curriculum is not sufficiently developed.”
- “However, in some subjects, the expectations of these assessments are too broad.”
- “As a result, they do not accurately show what pupils can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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) | 87% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 52 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.
- Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbotskerswell Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Decoy Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published