Lynton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Lynton, 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 🔒
Lynton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Lynton, Devon for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lynton 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 Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, 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.
- In 2024/25, 67% 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
- Market Street, Lynton, EX35 6AF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 61 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Lynton Church of England Primary School.”
- “Staff build positive relationships with pupils and know them well.”
- “This creates a happy and nurturing environment for pupils to thrive in.”
To improve
- “However, some staff do not yet have the subject knowledge they need to help pupils learn the curriculum well.”
- “For example, some learning is not precisely matched to the knowledge that pupils need to know and remember.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils do not build their knowledge as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 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.
- Parracombe Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kentisbury Primary School 7.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bratton Fleming Community Primary School 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Combe Martin Primary School 8.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brayford Academy 9.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Berrynarbor Church of England Primary School 10.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shirwell Community Primary School 10.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Goodleigh Church of England Primary School 12.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published