Swimbridge Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
Swimbridge Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Swimbridge 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, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- There are 15.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.8 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
- Barnstaple Hill, Swimbridge, Barnstaple, EX32 0PJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 79 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s ethos is based on the strongly held values of wisdom, community, hope, love, dignity and respect.”
- “Pupils’ wisdom is celebrated when they show curiosity and their resilience is rewarded when they show a positive attitude towards being ‘stuck’.”
- “By the time pupils leave the school, they know how to be successful learners.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, however, the school does not identify pupils’ needs clearly enough.”
- “When this happens, the support planned is not precisely matched to pupils’ needs or circumstances.”
- “There is sometimes a lack of clarity as to what is working well and what could be done differently, to meet pupils’ needs more effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 69% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Landkey Community Primary Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Orchard Vale Community School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Goodleigh Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishops Tawton Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Filleigh Community Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published