Buckfastleigh Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Buckfastleigh, 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 🔒
Buckfastleigh Primary School is a primary school in Buckfastleigh, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Buckfastleigh 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, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 35th highest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- Of its pupils, 42% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.6% 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
- Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Buckfastleigh Primary is an inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this caring and welcoming community.”
- “They enjoy warm relationships with staff from the moment they start in the Reception Year.”
To improve
- “However, the school recognises that in some subjects, the curriculum is not implemented as effectively as in the more developed subjects.”
- “Therefore, pupils do not always gain the knowledge and skills they need in all subjects they study.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 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) | 58% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Landscove Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ashburton Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Dartington Church of England Academy 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadhempston Village Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Brent Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Grove School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Denbury Primary School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published