Goodleigh Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Barnstaple, 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 🔒
Goodleigh Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Goodleigh 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 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 7 first-choice applications for 7 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 18.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.7% 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
- Goodleigh, Barnstaple, EX32 7LU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive school.”
- “Strong pastoral provision is in place.”
- “Parents are overwhelmingly positive about all that the school provides.”
To improve
- “However, they do not challenge leaders precisely enough about how pupils learn in subjects across the wider curriculum to enable them to improve these aspects further.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 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) | 67% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 7 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.
- Orchard Vale Community School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Landkey Community Primary Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shirwell Community Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Yeo Valley Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published