Bolham Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Tiverton, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.25 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bolham Community Primary School is a primary school in Tiverton, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bolham Community 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 | 2.25 mi |
| 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, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and all 15 went to first-choice families; 6 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 2.25 miles, the 16th longest of the 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.50 miles).
- The free school meals figure is 4.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 26.7% 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
- Bolham, Tiverton, EX16 7RA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 105 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “This is a caring and welcoming school.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and they attend well.”
- “Pupils help each other in and outside of classrooms.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, the learning activities which pupils are given do not help them to deepen their knowledge and understanding.”
- “When this happens, it sometimes affects how well pupils build and extend their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 56% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Two Moors Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathcoat Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wilcombe Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tidcombe Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halberton Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplowman Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published