St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.19 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Leonard'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 14 January 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Leonard'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 | 1.19 mi |
| 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.19 miles away, 16th shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.50 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome; in 2026, 1.1 first choices per offer was the 16th highest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- Reception 2026 drew 103 first-choice applications for 90 offers; all 90 went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- St Leonard's Road, Exeter, EX2 4NQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 615 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are encouraged to be the 'best you can be' both academically and pastorally in this ambitious place to learn.”
- “Pupils have a palpable excitement for school and all it has to offer.”
- “Their high attendance reflects this.”
To improve
- “There are some pupils whose academic attainment falls short.”
- “However, in some areas, gaps in knowledge persist.”
- “However, some disadvantaged pupils still do not achieve as well as others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 71% | 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: 103 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 90 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.
- Newtown Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wynstream Primary School Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St David's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladysmith Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade