Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Torrington, 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 🔒
Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Torrington, Devon for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Great Torrington Bluecoat 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 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 51 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 19.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 13.9 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
- Borough Road, Torrington, EX38 7NU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 476 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “This is an inclusive school that welcomes all pupils.”
- “Staff share a strong commitment to supporting pupils’ emotional needs.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and encouraging.”
To improve
- “However, pupils underachieve because there is weakness in the quality of education.”
- “This is because pupils have not benefited from a curriculum that builds knowledge securely over time.”
- “The school has not secured a high-quality curriculum for pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 December 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) | 52% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 51 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.
- Monkleigh Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaford Community Primary & Nursery School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Clinton Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East-the-Water Community Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buckland Brewer Primary School 5.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Horwood and Newton Tracey Community Primary School 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Croft School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published