Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Tavistock, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.81 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School is a primary school in Tavistock, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Mary Tavy and Brentor 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 | 3.81 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
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 3.81 miles away, 6th longest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.50 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was about the same as in 2025, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers: 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon that have results.
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
- Mary Tavy, Tavistock, PL19 9PR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 103 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School is an inspirational school where pupils flourish.”
- “The school is highly ambitious for all pupils.”
- “Pupils achieve extremely well across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2024 (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) | 69% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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 Rumon's Church of England Infants School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Junior School 3.2 mi Good
- Lamerton CofE Primary Academy 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lydford Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Tavistock Primary & Nursery School 3.8 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Whitchurch Community Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Gulworthy Primary Academy 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School 5.7 mi Good Last distance published