Eden Park 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 🔒
Eden Park Academy is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 31 October 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Eden Park 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, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Of pupils on roll in January 2026, 55.1% were 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
- Eden Park Academy, Forches Avenue, Barnstaple, EX32 8EF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 118 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 31 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a warm welcome from dedicated staff.”
- “They quickly develop a sense of belonging to their school, the staff who help them and their friends.”
- “Pupils feel safe and know that their trusted adults will help them.”
To improve
- “However, leaders are embedding these skills further so that outcomes at the end of Year 6 continue to improve.”
- “However, leaders recognise there is still more to do to continue to improve attendance further.”
- “Leaders understand there is more to do to further embed expectations of writing across the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2026 (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) | 54% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Vale Community School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Yeo Valley Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Pilton Infants' Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishops Tawton Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published