West Down School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Ilfracombe, 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 🔒
West Down School is a primary school in Ilfracombe, Devon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
West Down 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
- All Reception applicants were offered a place in 2026, in common with 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place.
- With 95 pupils on roll, the school has 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 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
- West Down, Ilfracombe, EX34 8NF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Marwood School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ilfracombe Church of England Junior School 3.3 mi Not judged
- Woolacombe School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Georgeham Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Caen Community Primary School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsacre Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southmead School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published