Chagford Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chagford Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Chagford Church of England 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 | Not published |
| 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
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, against a published admission number of 20 places; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 87% for 2024/25 was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon that have results.
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
- Lower Street, Chagford, Chagford Church of England Primary School, Newton Abbot, TQ13 8BZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 137 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 June 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff are ambitious for all pupils.”
- “The school’s values of, ‘Community, Challenge, Care’ are lived up to by staff and pupils.”
- “Pupils are proud to take on roles of responsibility, such as play leaders, wildlife champions and attending the Chagford Memory Café.”
To improve
- “There are a few subjects where the curriculum is not as well developed.”
- “The essential knowledge leaders want pupils to retain is not identified clearly.”
- “It is not broken down into small, manageable steps.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 87% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Moretonhampstead Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Tawton Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spreyton School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dunsford Community Academy 6.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary 7.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tedburn St Mary School 8.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School 8.1 mi Good Last distance published