Membury Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Axminster, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Membury Primary Academy is a primary school in Axminster, Devon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Membury 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
- The school had 8 pupils on roll in January 2026, and its published admission number for Reception 2026 was 7 places.
- There are 5.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- 25% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 16.7% 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
- Membury, Axminster, EX13 7AF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 8 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “Membury is a small and friendly school that wants the best for every pupil.”
- “Pupils like coming to school and get on well together.”
- “They behave well in and around the school.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes the curriculum delivery is overwhelming.”
- “This is particularly the case where important knowledge is not identified in the curriculum so that staff know what content to teach and when.”
- “This sometimes slows the rate of learning for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 0 first-preference applications, 0 offers in total, 0 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.
- Stockland Church of England Primary Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Kilmington Primary School 3.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Axminster Community Primary Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shute Community Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hawkchurch Church of England School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published