Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Lyme Regis, 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 🔒
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Lyme Regis, Devon for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy 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
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome; in 2026 every applicant was offered a place.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 9 of the 26 applications (35%) came from families living outside Devon.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% 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
- Pound Lane, Uplyme, Lyme Regis, DT7 3TT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations of what pupils can achieve and have put an ambitious curriculum in place.”
- “Pupils attend school regularly because they enjoy what they learn and do every day.”
- “The school’s ethos and values of ‘deep Christian roots, nurturing strong growth, flourishing children’ are at the heart of everything that happens.”
To improve
- “For example, in some areas of the curriculum assessment has not been used effectively, to identify where pupils’ knowledge is less secure.”
- “This means pupils do not move on to more complex work successfully, such as problem-solving in mathematics.”
- “However, sometimes written work includes too many inaccuracies due to errors in punctuation and spelling.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 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) | 68% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Musbury Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Axminster Community Primary Academy 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kilmington Primary School 4.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hawkchurch Church of England School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Colyton Primary Academy 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shute Community Primary School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published