How far Devon schools admitted from
How far away the last child offered a place lived, for 53 Devon schools, from the council's own figures. Tightest first.
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Primary schools from the 2026/27 round and secondary schools from the 2024/25 and 2026/27 rounds.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026, with offers on 1 March 2027; primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027.
The tightest is The Duchy School Bradninch at 0.07 miles in 2026/27; the most far-reaching, Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School, admitted from 10.76 miles. Figures are from the 2024/25, 2026/27 rounds, each row saying which.
Primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Duchy School Bradninch Exeter | No current grade | 0.07 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Kingsteignton School Newton Abbot | Ungraded inspection, December 2024: some aspects not as strong | 0.24 mi | 2026/27 | 48% |
| Littletown Primary Academy Honiton | Good | 0.41 mi | 2026/27 | 96% |
| Monkerton Community Primary School Exeter | Good | 0.45 mi | 2026/27 | 102% |
| Stowford School Ivybridge | Good | 0.52 mi | 2026/27 | 107% |
| St Andrew's Church of England Academy Yelverton | Good | 0.58 mi | 2026/27 | 71% |
| Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School Exeter | Good | 0.65 mi | 2026/27 | 129% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster | Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained | 0.67 mi | 2026/27 | 97% |
| South Molton United CofE Primary School South Molton | Requires improvement | 0.76 mi | 2026/27 | 92% |
| Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery Exeter | Good | 0.79 mi | 2026/27 | 101% |
| The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School Exmouth | Report card | 0.84 mi | 2026/27 | 72% |
| Uffculme Primary School Cullompton | Good | 0.86 mi | 2026/27 | 102% |
| Westclyst Community Primary School Exeter | Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained | 0.89 mi | 2026/27 | not published |
| Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit Newton Abbot | Good | 0.9 mi | 2026/27 | 107% |
| St Martin's CofE Primary & Nursery School Exeter | Good | 1.13 mi | 2026/27 | 107% |
| St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School Exeter | No current grade | 1.19 mi | 2026/27 | 98% |
| Montgomery Primary School Exeter | No current grade | 1.25 mi | 2026/27 | 104% |
| Bassetts Farm Primary School Exmouth | Good | 1.36 mi | 2026/27 | 107% |
| Marldon Church of England Primary School Paignton | Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained | 1.48 mi | 2026/27 | 103% |
| Canada Hill Community Primary School Newton Abbot | Good | 1.49 mi | 2026/27 | 109% |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy Exeter | No current grade | 1.49 mi | 2026/27 | 108% |
| West Hill Primary School Ottery St Mary | Report card | 1.5 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Abbotskerswell Primary School Newton Abbot | Good | 1.56 mi | 2026/27 | 93% |
| Caen Community Primary School Braunton | Good | 1.65 mi | 2026/27 | 78% |
| Cockwood Primary School Exeter | Good | 1.79 mi | 2026/27 | 102% |
| Gulworthy Primary Academy Tavistock | No current grade | 2.24 mi | 2026/27 | 92% |
| Bolham Community Primary School Tiverton | Ungraded inspection, June 2025: standards maintained | 2.25 mi | 2026/27 | 94% |
| St John's Catholic Primary School Tiverton | Good | 2.33 mi | 2026/27 | 55% |
| Bere Alston Primary Academy Yelverton | Good | 2.4 mi | 2026/27 | 50% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School Axminster | No current grade | 2.5 mi | 2026/27 | 60% |
| Bridestowe Primary School Okehampton | Good | 2.58 mi | 2026/27 | 100% |
| North Molton Primary School South Molton | Good | 2.84 mi | 2026/27 | 118% |
| Monkleigh Primary School Bideford | Good | 3.12 mi | 2026/27 | 114% |
| Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School Exeter | No current grade | 3.24 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| South Tawton Primary School Okehampton | Good | 3.26 mi | 2026/27 | 96% |
| Haytor View Community Primary School Newton Abbot | Requires improvement | 3.81 mi | 2026/27 | 70% |
| Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School Tavistock | Outstanding | 3.81 mi | 2026/27 | 98% |
| Shebbear Community School Beaworthy | Good | 4.04 mi | 2026/27 | 77% |
| Seaton Primary School Seaton | Good | 5.21 mi | 2026/27 | 98% |
| Kingsacre Primary School Braunton | Report card | 5.24 mi | 2026/27 | 81% |
| Newport Community School Primary Academy Barnstaple | No current grade | 9.35 mi | 2026/27 | 103% |
| Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School Exeter | Report card | 10.76 mi | 2026/27 | 164% |
Secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The King's School Ottery St Mary | No current grade | 0.72 mi | 2024/25 | 95% |
| St James School Exeter | Good | 1.13 mi | 2024/25 | 101% |
| Cranbrook Education Campus Exeter | Good | 2.57 mi | 2026/27 | 105% |
| Dartmouth Academy Dartmouth | Good | 2.99 mi | 2024/25 | 54% |
| Uffculme School Cullompton | No current grade | 4.88 mi | 2024/25 | 116% |
| Kingsbridge Academy Kingsbridge | Good | 5.05 mi | 2024/25 | 85% |
| King Edward VI Community College Totnes | Ungraded inspection, June 2025: standards maintained | 5.39 mi | 2024/25 | 52% |
| Teign School Newton Abbot | Good | 6.52 mi | 2024/25 | 82% |
| St Luke's Church of England School Exeter | Good | 7.53 mi | 2024/25 | 89% |
| Clyst Vale Community College Exeter | Good | 7.76 mi | 2024/25 | 84% |
| Chulmleigh Community College Chulmleigh | Good | 8.2 mi | 2024/25 | 98% |
If a place is refused
You can appeal. In 2025, 6 of 26 secondary appeals heard here were allowed (23.1%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together.
How to read this
Every refusal carries a right of appeal to an independent panel. In Devon, panels heard 26 appeals for secondary places in the 2025 round and allowed 6 of them, 23.1%, against 19.9% across England. These are the council's figures for all its schools together: appeals are not published school by school, so no one can tell you the rate for one named school, and this page will not pretend to.
An infant class appeal, for reception to year 2, can only be allowed on narrow legal grounds, which is why its share is a fraction of the others.
| Appeals in 2025 | Lodged | Heard | Allowed | Share allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary | 41 | 26 | 6 | 23.1% of 26 heard |
| Primary | 45 | 15 | 2 | 13.3% of 15 heard |
| Primary (infant classes) | 37 | 13 | 2 | 15.4% of 13 heard |
How every council compares, and what the figures are and are not.
The entrance test here
Devon has grammar schools, so a place depends on an entrance test as well as on where you live. The test is the Colyton Grammar School 11+ entrance test. For entry in September 2027 it was sat on 12 September 2026, with registration closing on 31 July 2026.
What is in the papers, and where this came from, beside every other selective area in England.
How often children here are out of school
Primary schools here missed 5.0% of sessions in 2024/25 (England 5.2%), and 11.0% of pupils were persistently absent (England 13.0%).
How to read this
In Devon, 5.0% of primary school sessions were missed in 2024/25, about the same as the 5.2% across England. That is days missed. The second figure is children: 11.0% of primary pupils here were persistently absent, meaning they missed a tenth or more of their sessions, lower than England's 13.0%.
| 2024/25 | Sessions missed | England | Persistently absent | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 5.0% | 5.2% | 11.0% | 13.0% |
| Secondary | 9.9% | 8.4% | 27.0% | 23.4% |
What the figures mean
Persistently absent means missing a tenth or more of their sessions, for any reason, authorised or not. A council's rate is moved by things no school controls, term-time holidays and a bad winter among them, so read it as the weather around the schools rather than a mark against them. Higher or lower is said only where the two rates differ by at least 1 percentage point.
These are Devon's figures for all its schools together. The Department for Education publishes absence by council, not school by school, so no one can give you the rate for one named school from this release. Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk. Read on 1 October 2026.
Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, by council, not school by school
Reading the numbers
These are distances, not catchment areas, and they move every year.
How to read this
For every oversubscribed school, Devon publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses.
These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Devon measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →
Checking an address against these
Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.
Admission distances published by Devon. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.