Heathcoat Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Tiverton, 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 🔒
Heathcoat Primary School is a primary school in Tiverton, Devon for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Heathcoat 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (12 March 2024); of the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon, 5 are Good and 3 have no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 28% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, when there were 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers.
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 37.1%, above the middle figure of 26.3% 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
- Broad Lane, Tiverton, EX16 5HE
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 267 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Heathcoat Primary School are welcoming and polite.”
- “The school has made positive improvements to the way pupils behave and their personal development.”
- “Pupils appreciate the rewards they receive for demonstrating these values.”
To improve
- “However, an ambitious curriculum is not yet securely in place.”
- “As a result, the quality of education that pupils receive is not yet good.”
- “Although the school has taken steps to strengthen the curriculum, it is not yet securely established.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 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) | 28% | 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.
- St John's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Two Moors Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilcombe Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tidcombe Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bolham Community Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Halberton Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published