Lympstone Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Exmouth, 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 🔒
Lympstone Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Exmouth, Devon for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lympstone Church of England 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
- In Reception 2026 every applicant 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, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 16.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest 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
- School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 5JY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 April 2022
Strengths
- “Lympstone is a warm, friendly and welcoming school.”
- “There is a strong community spirit where pupils feel valued.”
- “Pupils and staff are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ subject knowledge is not as secure across all subjects.”
- “Where it is not as strong, this is because the essential knowledge that pupils need to learn is not always clear or well sequenced.”
- “In such cases, pupils do not recall or build on knowledge as confidently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2022 (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) | 56% | 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.
- Brixington Primary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Starcross Primary School 2.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Exeter Road Community Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marpool Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bassetts Farm Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kenton Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodbury Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published