Cockwood Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.79 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cockwood Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cockwood 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 | 1.79 mi |
| 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's last offer went to a child 1.79 miles away, 18th longest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.50 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.3 first choices per offer for Reception 2026 was the 9th highest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Cofton Hill, Cockwood, Exeter, EX6 8RB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 86 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Cockwood Primary School are confident and considerate.”
- “They are enthusiastic about their education and knowledgeable about the wider world around them.”
- “The school encourages this through the vast array of opportunities and experiences they provide.”
To improve
- “The work to ensure that all subjects are of the same high-quality and design is ongoing.”
- “Some subjects in the wider curriculum are not as well embedded.”
- “Pupils are not as confident about their learning in these areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 November 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Starcross Primary School 0.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Exeter Road Community Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gatehouse Primary Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kenton Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lympstone Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published