Kingsteignton School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.24 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsteignton School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Kingsteignton 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 | 0.24 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.24 miles from the school, the 2nd shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 47 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.6 first choices per offer and the 2nd highest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- All 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (36%) were not 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
- Heron Way, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3QY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 232 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “The school transferred into a new trust, which has guided it well through a period of change.”
- “The school is now in a more stable position.”
- “With support from the trust, the school has developed the curriculum to ensure that there are high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
To improve
- “However, some of this work is in its infancy.”
- “Pupils are not yet building their knowledge well enough across the curriculum.”
- “However, the impact of some curriculum changes is at an early stage.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2024 (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) | 59% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Rydon Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haytor View Community Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published