St Rumon's Church of England Infants School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Tavistock, 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 Rumon's Church of England Infants School is a primary school in Tavistock, Devon for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Rumon's Church of England Infants 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 | 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 was offered a Reception place in 2026, 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, though not in 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 9.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.8% 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
- Dolvin Road, Tavistock, PL19 9EA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 73 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “The values of ‘joy, love, respect, forgiveness, perseverance and truthfulness’ are clear in all that pupils of St Rumon’s do.”
- “They can relate them to their lives and their time in school.”
- “Staff model the values in the secure and nurturing relationships they have with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some of these developments are in their infancy.”
- “Leaders do not yet have a fully accurate overview of how the decisions and actions they have taken impact on pupils’ learning.”
- “In some subjects, pupils’ learning is not being developed as well as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 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.
- St Peter's Church of England Junior School 0.2 mi Good
- Tavistock Primary & Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Whitchurch Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Gulworthy Primary Academy 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lamerton CofE Primary Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Academy 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published