Kingskerswell Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Newton Abbot, 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 🔒
Kingskerswell Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Kingskerswell 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, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026, 20 of the 77 applications (26%) came from families living outside Devon, and 10 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility is 17.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 27.4% 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
- Coffinswell Lane, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5HN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 353 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “Their conduct reflects the school’s values of respect, community, trust, love and friendship, resilience and forgiveness.”
- “Staff build strong bonds with pupils and families.”
To improve
- “However, recent improvements to the curriculum have not yet had an impact on published outcomes.”
- “In the wider curriculum, some subjects are not designed as well.”
- “As a result, pupils do not build on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 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) | 70% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 50 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.
- Decoy Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbotskerswell Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Haytor View Community Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stokeinteignhead School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Canada Hill Community Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published