Thomas Hall School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–16 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Every applicant was offered a place
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Thomas Hall School is an all-through school in Exeter, Devon for ages 4–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Thomas Hall 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 | Not published |
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Its latest Ofsted outcome was Requires improvement (19 March 2024); of the 8 nearest other schools in Devon, 6 have no current grade.
- Reception 2026 drew 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At Year 7 entry in 2026, every applicant was offered a place.
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
- Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter, EX4 5AD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 438 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Staff provide a caring and inclusive culture at the school.”
- “Pupils who started in Reception and are progressing through the school to Year 11 say they value the sense of community and belonging.”
- “They are well supported when they become pupils of the school.”
To improve
- “However, the attendance of pupils is low.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged pupils do not attend well.”
- “A few older pupils do not arrive at their lessons punctually.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (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) | 64% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 30 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 30 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Devon.
- Exeter Cathedral School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Maynard School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Torlands Academy 1.8 mi Good
- Belong School Devon 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Barley Lane School 2.1 mi Requires improvement
- Magdalen Court School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Exeter School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Vranch House School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade