Lydford 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 🔒
Lydford Primary School is a primary school in Okehampton, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lydford 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, as was the case at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 2 first-choice applications for 2 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2026 is 8 places.
- The school has 32 pupils on roll (January 2026) and 8.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.6 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
- School Road, Lydford, Okehampton, EX20 4AU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 32 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Lydford Primary School.”
- “They describe it as an inspirational and happy school.”
- “Staff form caring relationships with pupils and know their families well.”
To improve
- “However, in some wider curriculum subjects, checks on what pupils know and remember are not as effective.”
- “For example, in art, pupils could not reliably recall key information about artists they had studied.”
- “As a result, some pupils develop gaps in their learning and do not build their knowledge as well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 2 first-preference applications, 2 offers in total, 2 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 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School 3.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Boasley Cross Community Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lamerton CofE Primary Academy 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Rumon's Church of England Infants School 6.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Junior School 6.9 mi Good
- Tavistock Primary & Nursery School 7.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published