St Gabriel's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 Gabriel's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Gabriel'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
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In Reception 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 49.7% of pupils 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
- Landhayes Road, Redhills, Exeter, EX4 2BY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 175 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud to attend this happy and welcoming school.”
- “They understand what it means to be successful and demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning.”
- “Staff build warm relationships with pupils, ensuring that they learn in a calm and nurturing environment.”
To improve
- “However, on a small number of occasions, some pupils do not receive the support they need to eliminate their misconceptions.”
- “Sometimes, future learning does not build on what these pupils already know and can do.”
- “This hampers how well some pupils progress through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 75% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 15 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 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bowhill Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St David's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Exwick Heights Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ide Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published