St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Okehampton, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.58 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Okehampton, Devon for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St James Church of England Primary and Nursery 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 | 0.58 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.58 miles from the school, the 6th shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Fort Road, Off Crediton Road, Okehampton, EX20 1GJ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “St James is an inclusive school, and has a caring ethos.”
- “Adults teach pupils to be kind and respectful.”
- “Pupils are polite, courteous and well-mannered.”
To improve
- “However, leaders rightly recognise that, in some subjects, the curriculum is not clear enough about the knowledge and skills they want all pupils to know.”
- “As a result, pupils do not build a deep understanding of these subjects.”
- “Some parents have mixed views about communication and the decisions made by trust leaders about the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 37% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Tawton Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Exbourne Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boasley Cross Community Primary School 6.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hatherleigh Community Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Spreyton School 6.4 mi Not judged Last distance published