St Thomas Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · 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 Thomas Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas 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, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- At the higher standard, the 2024/25 figure was 0% of pupils (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, every applicant was offered a place, and the published admission number was 30 places.
- 24.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.4% 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
- Union Street, Exeter, EX2 9BB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this caring school.”
- “Leaders expect every pupil to do their best.”
- “Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and live up to leaders’ high expectations.”
To improve
- “However, curriculum leaders in some foundation subjects do not monitor the implementation of their subjects with enough precision.”
- “Teachers in these subjects, do not always use assessment well enough to check pupils’ prior knowledge.”
- “As a result, pupils do not know and remember as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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) | 43% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alphington Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newtown Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ide Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published