St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dartmouth, 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 John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth is a primary school in Dartmouth, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth 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, 44% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Also in 2024/25, 11% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
- Reception 2026: 7 first-choice applications for 7 offers; every applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The free school meals figure is 23.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.6% 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
- Milton Lane, Dartmouth, TQ6 9HW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 76 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at St John the Baptist Roman Catholic School live up to their school’s values of ‘live, love, learn’.”
- “They respect adults and their peers by being kind and considerate to each other.”
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders have not precisely identified the key knowledge they want pupils to learn.”
- “This hampers teachers’ ability to make regular checks on what pupils know.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 May 2023 (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) | 44% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 7 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.
- Stoke Fleming Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackawton Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stoke Gabriel Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harbertonford Church of England Primary School 6.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- East Allington Primary School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Stokenham Area Primary School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published