Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 January 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary 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 | Not published |
| 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, 85% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% of pupils reached it in 2024/25 (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for 2026 was 10 places.
- 7.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.7% 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
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7TB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 93 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 January 2023
Strengths
- “The school is warm, inviting and friendly.”
- “The headteacher is committed, visible and approachable to parents.”
- “Parents appreciate the care and nurture provided for their children.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, this is still developing.”
- “As a result, pupils do not gain the same depth of knowledge across the full range of subjects taught.”
- “However, there is less opportunity for pupils to move on to apply what they know to more complex problems.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 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) | 85% | 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.
- Ilsington Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashburton Primary School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bovey Tracey Academy 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackpool Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Moretonhampstead Primary School 6.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buckfastleigh Primary School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School 6.9 mi Good Last distance published