Thorverton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Thorverton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 16 July 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Thorverton 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 | Not published |
| 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
- 3.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 12.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- In 2025 every Reception applicant was offered a place, whereas in 2024 places ran out and a last distance was published.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number was 15 places.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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 Lane, Thorverton, Exeter, EX5 5NR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 110 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 16 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at the school are kind and polite.”
- “The school’s values of love, wisdom, hope, community and dignity are reflected in the way pupils and staff treat each other.”
- “Pupils know these values will help them as they grow.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 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) | 60% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Silverton Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newton St Cyres Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Duchy School Bradninch 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Broadclyst Community Primary School 4.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published