Boasley Cross Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Okehampton, 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 🔒
Boasley Cross Community Primary School is a primary school in Okehampton, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Boasley Cross 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 | 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- With 39 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 9.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 12.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- Of its pupils, 10.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.7% 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
- Bratton Clovelly, Okehampton, EX20 4JH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 39 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Boasley Cross are nurtured well by caring adults.”
- “‘Staff at this school truly care about the well-being of my child,’ was a comment from a parent.”
- “Adults take the time to know pupils well.”
To improve
- “However, assessment is not used consistently well across all subjects.”
- “Teachers do not always check what pupils know and remember over time.”
- “Sometimes, they are unsure what prior knowledge pupils bring to their new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Bridestowe Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Halwill Community Primary School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lydford Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Highampton Community Primary School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published