North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · North Tawton, 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 🔒
North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in North Tawton, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 June 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery 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, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 35th highest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 22.9, against a middle figure of 19.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon; free school meal eligibility is 16.9% (middle figure 23.3%).
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
- Exeter Street, North Tawton, EX20 2HB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love their school and are proud of it.”
- “They enjoy school leadership roles, such as being a member of the school council or a wildlife ambassador.”
- “They also enjoy attending school trips and visits.”
To improve
- “Leaders are refining a minority of other subject curriculums to ensure they are of the same high standard.”
- “These led to some turbulence and dips in the school’s performance, as shown in the most recent published data.”
- “Occasionally, some stronger mathematicians, in key stage 1, would benefit from more difficult challenges.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 56% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Bow Community Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Spreyton School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Exbourne Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Winkleigh Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- South Tawton Primary School 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit 6.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published