Modbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ivybridge, 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 🔒
Modbury Primary School is a primary school in Ivybridge, Devon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Modbury 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, against a published admission number of 30 places.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th 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
- Barrack Road, Modbury, Ivybridge, PL21 0RB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 152 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They feel safe and know that there is an adult to talk to if they have any concerns.”
- “Pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum that celebrates the local environment while at the same time providing a window to the wider world.”
To improve
- “However, not all staff have been trained to deliver this aspect of the curriculum well.”
- “This has an impact on how effectively some pupils learn.”
- “However, as school leaders recognise, some subjects are implemented less effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 71% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Ermington Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holbeton Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ugborough Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stowford School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Primary School, Ivybridge 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Erme Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aveton Gifford CofE Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands Park Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published