St Nicholas Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Exeter, 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 🔒
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Nicholas Catholic 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
- For Reception in 2026, 19 first-choice applications for 31 offers gave 0.6 first choices per offer, the lowest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 32% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception in 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 21.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.4% 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
- Ringswell Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3EG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 269 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Nicholas Catholic Primary School are friendly and welcoming.”
- “The school recognises that the curriculum needs strengthening and has made a positive start.”
- “The personal development of pupils is a strength of the school and is informed by its distinctive values.”
To improve
- “However, an ambitious curriculum is not yet securely in place.”
- “As a result, the quality of education that pupils receive is not yet good.”
- “However, behaviour expectations are not commonly understood.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 October 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) | 32% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 19 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.
- Whipton Barton Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodwater Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkerton Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willowbrook School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published