Yeo Valley Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Yeo Valley Primary School is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Yeo Valley 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, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon that have results.
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 56% 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
- Derby Road, Barnstaple, EX32 7HB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to come to this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “The warm and caring environment provides a safe space for the pupils to flourish.”
- “Leaders ensure that they have high expectations of pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “Despite the work of leaders and other staff, however, too many pupils are still persistently absent.”
- “However, in a minority of subjects, the curriculum is not yet fully embedded.”
- “This means that some pupils do not develop a deep understanding of what they need to be ready for the next stage in their education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 43% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Pilton Infants' Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orchard Vale Community School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sticklepath Community Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published