St David's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Exeter, 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 David's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St David's CofE Primary 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 for Reception 2026 was offered a place; in 2024 and 2025 places ran out, and the last distance offered swung sharply, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of pupils here, 27.5% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.6% 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
- Dinham Road, Exeter, EX4 4EE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “David’s is a friendly school with a warm welcome.”
- “The school has strengthened the curriculum leading to improved achievement for pupils in Years 1 to 6.”
- “Staff work hard to provide the safe, happy and inspiring environment the school aims to offer.”
To improve
- “However, there is more work to do to ensure that children in the early years benefit from a consistently good-quality education.”
- “However, this is not the case in the early years.”
- “Here, the curriculum does not match the needs of the children.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 2025 (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) | 60% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Montgomery Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bowhill Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newtown Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Exwick Heights Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published