Kenn Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Exeter, 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 🔒
Kenn Church of England 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 26 April 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Kenn 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 18.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 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
- Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7TX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of a warm, caring, inclusive community where everyone matters.”
- “Pupils strive to live up to the high expectations of staff.”
- “This encourages them to be respectful, confident and kind.”
To improve
- “In other subjects, the essential knowledge and important concepts that pupils need to know are not as clearly identified.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not always have secure knowledge on which to build future learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 69% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Exminster Community Primary 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Alphington Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Countess Wear Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ide Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Kenton Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Topsham School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wynstream Primary School Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published