Pilton Infants' Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Barnstaple, 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 🔒
Pilton Infants' Academy is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Pilton Infants' 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was also the case at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 52 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 16.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 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
- Abbey Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1JU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 172 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Pilton Infants’ Academy are greeted warmly each morning by caring staff.”
- “They know that staff are always available to support them with any concerns.”
- “The school environment is calm and purposeful.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not consistently pick up on and address pupils’ misconceptions in their learning.”
- “As a result, some pupils repeat basic errors and pupils’ misconceptions persist.”
- “However, sometimes the activities chosen to help children learn through play do not consider what children already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 52 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 52 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.
- Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Yeo Valley Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sticklepath Community Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Park Academy 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Newport Community School Primary Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orchard Vale Community School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published