Beaford Community Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Winkleigh, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Beaford Community Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Winkleigh, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Beaford Community Primary & Nursery 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, 35% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 14 first-choice applications for 14 Reception offers in 2026, against a published admission number of 15 places for that year.
- Of its pupils, 9.3% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon is 21.5%.
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
- Beaford, Winkleigh, EX19 8LJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 118 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils and families are proud of their school.”
- “Pupils agree that the school is a place where everyone is friendly and kind to each other.”
- “Staff and pupils build close and caring relationships.”
To improve
- “Some of these changes have not yet had an impact on outcomes and are not reflected in the 2024 published outcomes for key stage 2.”
- “However, at times staff do not ensure that learning activities match what pupils know and can do.”
- “Activities are not always adapted well enough to meet the needs of pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 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) | 35% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Dolton Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Clinton Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- High Bickington Church of England Primary Academy 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winkleigh Primary School 6.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Langtree Community School and Nursery Unit 6.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Umberleigh Primary Academy 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hatherleigh Community Primary School 6.7 mi Good Last distance published