Umberleigh Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Umberleigh, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Umberleigh Primary Academy is a primary school in Umberleigh, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Umberleigh 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 | Not published |
| 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, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), though 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 24.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- The school has 11.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.9 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
- Dorridge Hill, Umberleigh, EX37 9AD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 94 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Umberleigh Primary Academy and they enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are proud to be part of the school family and the community.”
- “Parents appreciate the warm and caring approach leaders provide and the support pupils receive.”
To improve
- “However, not all staff have the subject knowledge they need to help pupils to learn as well as they could.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils do not build their knowledge as well as they could.”
- “However, some pupils have targets that are not precise enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 86% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 9 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.
- High Bickington Church of England Primary Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swimbridge Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Filleigh Community Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Landkey Community Primary Academy 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishops Tawton Primary School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holywell Church of England School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings Nympton Community Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 5.7 mi Not judged Last distance published