Landkey Community Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Landkey Community Primary Academy is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 June 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Landkey Community Primary Academy 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, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 16.6; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon is 21.2.
- Free school meal eligibility is 14.6% of pupils, 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
- Bakery Way, Landkey, Barnstaple, EX32 0LJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 178 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Landkey Community Primary Academy are happy and love to learn.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all learners.”
- “They have a clear understanding of how to strengthen the quality of education further.”
To improve
- “Parents and carers who responded to the online survey, Ofsted Parent View, would like these opportunities to widen further.”
- “However, in some subjects, leaders have not yet considered well enough how important knowledge is broken down into smaller steps of learning.”
- “Furthermore, assessment is not used precisely enough to identify gaps in pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 57% | 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, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Orchard Vale Community School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Swimbridge Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishops Tawton Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Goodleigh Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published