Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Exeter, 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 🔒
Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-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 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 17.6 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 20.3 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
- Stoke Canon, Exeter, EX5 4AS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 85 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff and parents speak positively about Stoke Canon School.”
- “Leaders provide many opportunities for pupils to ‘grow together through compassion, integrity and kindness’.”
- “They feel a strong sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “They know that in some subjects, for example mathematics, inconsistencies exist in how teachers break learning down into small enough steps successfully.”
- “Some staff lack the depth of subject knowledge they need to do this as well as they could.”
- “However, sometimes, teachers do not give children enough opportunities to consolidate their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 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) | 58% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stoke Hill Junior School 2.3 mi School remains Good
- Stoke Hill Infant and Nursery School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westclyst Community Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Willowbrook School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorverton Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Broadclyst Community Primary School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published