Rydon 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 🔒
Rydon Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Rydon 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, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 41 first-choice applications for 44 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number was 60.
- 18.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon is 38.6%.
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
- Rydon Road, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3LP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 373 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils take pride in being part of Rydon Primary School.”
- “They attend regularly, behave well and benefit from a wide range of experiences.”
- “Pupils learn from a broad and balanced curriculum which helps them to build their knowledge over time.”
To improve
- “This ambition is not always matched to the same level in the wider curriculum.”
- “This means, on occasion, that some pupils do not complete work at the standard of which they are capable.”
- “However, at times, staff's interactions with children do not focus clearly on language development.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 68% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 41 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.
- Kingsteignton School 0.5 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haytor View Community Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published