St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Bideford, 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 🔒
St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Bideford, Devon for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St George's CofE Infant and 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
- 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 33 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 16.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 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
- Jackets Lane, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1HT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 110 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025
Strengths
- “The school is at the heart of the community.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They arrive in the morning with smiles on their faces and are warmly welcomed by staff.”
To improve
- “There remain a small number of subjects where pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “At times, staff do not identify and address the gaps in knowledge that pupils have.”
- “Furthermore, in some subjects pupils' understanding of the important vocabulary they need is not secure.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 33 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.
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Appledore School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Croft School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- East-the-Water Community Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Instow Community Primary and Pre-School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Helen's Church of England School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fremington Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published