Ashburton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Ashburton Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ashburton 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as also at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 35th highest of 294 Devon primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 result of 59% in reading, writing and maths was the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Whistley Hill, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7DW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love to attend Ashburton Primary School.”
- “They enter each day with a smile and a thirst for learning.”
- “Pupils are warmly welcomed by the caring staff.”
To improve
- “However, some of the work of leaders has been hampered during the current academic year due to significant staff changes.”
- “This has limited their ability to make further improvements to the curriculum.”
- “Therefore, some subjects are more developed than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 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) | 59% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Landscove Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Buckfastleigh Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadhempston Village Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denbury Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackpool Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ilsington Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dartington Church of England Academy 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published