Wilcombe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Tiverton, 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 🔒
Wilcombe Primary School is a primary school in Tiverton, Devon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wilcombe 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
- 45.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Its latest Ofsted inspection, on 10 February 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, from 24 May 2016, was Good.
- 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.
- In 2024/25, 17% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Lazenby Road, Wilcombe, Tiverton, EX16 4AL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 157 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Leaders ensure that the school’s ethos of ‘Everyone is different and everyone is welcome’ is fully understood and enacted by pupils.”
- “Pupils demonstrate inclusive attitudes in their learning, play and wider school life.”
- “As a result, pupils develop a clear sense of belonging and describe the school as another home.”
To improve
- “However, many pupils still do not receive the quality of education they deserve.”
- “Leaders have accurately identified the next steps needed to strengthen the school, and while there are early signs of improvement, progress is neither rapid nor consistently effective.”
- “As a result, too many pupils continue their learning with gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 17% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Tidcombe Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Two Moors Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathcoat Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Bolham Community Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halberton Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplowman Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published