Westclyst Community Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.89 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westclyst Community Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (free schools). 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.
Westclyst Community 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 | 0.89 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 0.89 miles away, the 13th shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Reception had 71 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Maddick Road, Westclyst, Exeter, EX1 3YG
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 551 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this welcoming and friendly school.”
- “The ambition of leaders resonates throughout the school.”
- “Pupils rise to these high expectations and are motivated to achieve well.”
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) | 53% | 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: 71 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkerton Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Willowbrook School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whipton Barton Junior School 1.6 mi Good
- Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Broadclyst Community Primary School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stoke Hill Junior School 2.2 mi School remains Good