Brixington Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Exmouth, 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 🔒
Brixington Primary Academy is a primary school in Exmouth, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Brixington 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
- The latest Ofsted inspection, on 21 April 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 15 February 2022, was Good.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 38 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer and the 35th highest of 294 Devon primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Brixington Lane, Exmouth, EX8 4JQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 351 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel welcome and included at this school.”
- “They are taught how to build and maintain positive friendships.”
- “Pupils who join the school part way through their education feel included and valued from the start.”
To improve
- “However, outcomes in national tests show that pupils have not achieved well enough over time.”
- “However, staff do not consistently teach phonics with enough precision to enable pupils to master the knowledge that they need.”
- “However, at times, teachers do not accurately identify pupils' starting points and the gaps in their knowledge which hinders their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (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) | 53% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 38 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.
- Bassetts Farm Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Marpool Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Littleham Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Exeter Road Community Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lympstone Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published