Colyton Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Colyton, 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 🔒
Colyton Primary Academy is a primary school in Colyton, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Colyton 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 25 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 19.5 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon is 16.8.
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
- The Butts, West Street, Colyton, EX24 6NU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 150 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Colyton Primary Academy agree that they belong to a friendly community.”
- “They arrive each day with smiles on their faces and an eagerness to learn.”
- “Pupils meet the high expectations set for them in their learning because they try when something is hard until they succeed.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the checks that staff make on pupils’ understanding are not used to inform future learning.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their learning or misconceptions that go unaddressed.”
- “For example, in mathematics, gaps in some pupils’ number fluency hinder them with more complex calculations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 November 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) | 61% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 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.
- Seaton Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Musbury Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shute Community Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beer Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kilmington Primary School 3.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Branscombe Church of England Primary School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster 4.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Axminster Community Primary Academy 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published