Otterton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Budleigh Salterton, 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 🔒
Otterton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Budleigh Salterton, Devon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Otterton Church of England 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
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number was 12 places.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 8 June 2023, was that the school remains Good; 43 pupils were on roll in January 2026.
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
- Church Hill, Otterton, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 43 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 June 2023
Strengths
- “Otterton Church of England Primary school is welcoming and inclusive.”
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are positive about their learning and focused during lessons.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, the curriculum is at an earlier stage of development and implementation.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not build their knowledge as well as they could.”
- “However, they are less secure on some aspects of life in modern Britain, including world faiths and different types of family relationships.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 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.
- Drake's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newton Poppleford Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sidmouth Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bassetts Farm Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Littleham Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tipton St John Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brixington Primary Academy 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published