Bridgerule Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Holsworthy, 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 🔒
Bridgerule Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Holsworthy, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bridgerule 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 | 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 2026, every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 3 first-choice applications for 4 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 9.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.7% 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
- Bridgerule, Holsworthy, EX22 7EN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 62 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 May 2022
Strengths
- “Bridgerule school’s ambition that pupils are ‘nurtured, flourish and succeed’ is clearly met.”
- “Staff’s warm greeting for pupils and families in the morning sets the tone for a school that is determined to be inclusive and welcoming so that all pupils thrive.”
- “Pupils say that ‘everyone gets on and everyone are [sic] friends’.”
To improve
- “It is not always clear, however, how the curriculum builds on what children already know or how it challenges them to learn even more.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 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) | 43% | 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: 3 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 3 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.
- Holsworthy Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clawton Primary School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bradworthy Primary Academy 7.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ashwater Primary School 8.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bradford Primary School 9.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Giles-on-the-Heath Community School 9.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Halwill Community Primary School 10.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shebbear Community School 11.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published