Marwood School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Marwood School is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Marwood 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 1 offer going to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 1.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
- With 72 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 15.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 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
- Whiddon, Muddiford, Milltown, Barnstaple, EX31 4HF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 72 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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.
- Shirwell Community Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Pilton Infants' Academy 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Down School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yeo Valley Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashleigh CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sticklepath Community Primary Academy 3.9 mi Good Last distance published