Christow Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christow Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Christow 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 | 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, 100% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 44% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number was 12 places.
- There were 15.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Of its pupils, 10% were eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 18.7% 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
- Dry Lane, Christow, Exeter, EX6 7PE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 100 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Christow Primary School are confident and vibrant individuals with a real passion for learning.”
- “They are truly ‘proud to be purple’ and embrace all the opportunities available to them to develop, not only academically, but in their understanding and appreciation of the world around them and their place within in it.”
- “Pupils are at ease with consistently meeting the high expectations staff have of them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 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) | 100% | 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.
- Doddiscombsleigh Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hennock Community Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Dunsford Community Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bovey Tracey Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chudleigh Church of England Community Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moretonhampstead Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kenn Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published