Manor Primary School, Ivybridge
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Ivybridge, 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 🔒
Manor Primary School, Ivybridge is a primary school in Ivybridge, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Manor Primary School, Ivybridge 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, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 9 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer and the 2nd lowest of 294 Devon primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 23.2% are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 14.2% 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
- Manor Way, Ivybridge, PL21 9BG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are positive about attending this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm, nurturing and supportive.”
- “Older pupils act as mental health ambassadors for their peers.”
To improve
- “The school has recently experienced an unsettling period of change.”
- “However, the early reading programme is not implemented consistently well.”
- “Some phonics teaching lacks precision and does not support pupils to make clear connections between letters and the sounds they make.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2025 (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) | 33% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 9 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.
- The Erme Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands Park Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stowford School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ermington Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ugborough Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cornwood Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Modbury Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sparkwell All Saints Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged