Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Barnstaple, 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 🔒
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 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 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 22.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 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
- Chanters Hill, Barnstaple, EX32 8DN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming school.”
- “They are kind and polite to visitors and each other.”
- “Pupils are happy and are safe.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, the checks on pupils’ understanding are not as effective.”
- “This means pupils develop gaps in their knowledge and do not learn as well as they could.”
- “However, the school offers limited experiences to learn beyond the local community.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 April 2025 (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) | 50% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Yeo Valley Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pilton Infants' Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Vale Community School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sticklepath Community Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published