Exwick Heights 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 🔒
Exwick Heights Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Exwick Heights 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 40 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Exwick Lane, Exwick, Exeter, EX4 2FB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 496 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Exwick Heights Primary School thrive.”
- “This is demonstrated by their high attendance.”
- “Pupils value their education experience.”
To improve
- “However, during independent learning, the precise knowledge staff want children to know and remember is less clear.”
- “Consequently, some children are not supported as well as they are in adult-led sessions to deepen their understanding.”
- “This stalls progress for some children.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 November 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) | 66% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 40 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.
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St David's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Montgomery Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bowhill Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newtown Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ide Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published