St John's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Tiverton, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.33 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Tiverton, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John's 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 | 2.33 mi |
| 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
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 2.33 miles, 15th longest of the 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.50 miles.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 3 years with a published Reception outcome.
- For Reception 2026, against a published admission number of 20 places, there were 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Melbourne Street, Tiverton, EX16 5LB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “They are polite and considerate towards adults and each other.”
- “Expectations of behaviour in and around the school are high, including for the early years children.”
To improve
- “However, some leaders, including those who are new to the role, are not secure in their understanding of the curriculum design.”
- “They do not know how effective the curriculum is implemented in the subject they lead.”
- “In some curriculum subjects, assessment is not as effective as in mathematics and phonics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 45% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Heathcoat Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Castle Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Two Moors Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilcombe Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bolham Community Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tidcombe Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halberton Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published