Sidmouth Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Sidmouth, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sidmouth Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Sidmouth, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sidmouth Church of England 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 | Not published |
| 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
- No last distance was published for Reception entry in 2026, and the published admission number for that year was 90 places.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- 55 Woolbrook Road, Sidmouth, EX10 9XB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 448 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are strong.”
- “They know they can speak to an adult to share concerns.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the curriculum is not taught in a way that supports pupils to develop their subject knowledge incrementally.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not build on prior knowledge as they should.”
- “However, in some subjects, the checks made on pupils’ learning do not identify the extent of pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 65% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Devon.
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- Ottery St Mary Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Drake's Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- West Hill Primary School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Branscombe Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published