Ashleigh CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Barnstaple, 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 🔒
Ashleigh CofE Primary School is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ashleigh CofE 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 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 35th highest of 294 Devon primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 37.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.1% 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
- Bevan Road, Barnstaple, EX32 8LJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Ashleigh CofE Primary School is a welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They speak positively about the school values of ‘respect’ and ‘service’.”
To improve
- “However, some parts of the wider curriculum are not yet as carefully planned.”
- “However, in some subjects, leaders do not have the assessment information they need.”
- “This means they do not know how well pupils understand their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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) | 79% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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.
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Yeo Valley Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pilton Infants' Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Vale Community School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sticklepath Community Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published