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Schools near EX38

Torrington, Devon · ranked for your family, with the reasons

1 state primary school within 2 miles and 1 state secondary school within 5 miles of the middle of EX38, ranked. Change what matters and the list re-ranks, every reason shown.

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The middle of EX38 is the average position of the 5 schools and nurseries we hold in it. Distances are as the crow flies.

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State primary schools near EX38

1 state primary school within 2 miles of the middle of EX38, ranked by what matters to you.

  1. Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School

    State primary · Church of England · Torrington · 1.7 miles

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    Every first choice met in 2026 · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · classes of 26 on average

    How it scored 42
    • Resultsmatters4.4 of 20 points

      Better than 22% of 14,817 state schools in England: 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%). DfE school performance tables

    • Ofstedmatters5 of 20 points

      Ofsted, November 2024: Requires improvement. Ofsted

    • Distancematters3 of 20 points

      1.7 miles from the middle of EX38, as the crow flies. Distance from the school's address in the DfE register

    • Getting inmatters20 of 20 points

      In 2026 every family that put it first for Reception was offered a place. DfE, applications and offers

    • Attendance and behavioura little4.6 of 10 points

      Pupils missed 7.1% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.3% at schools with a similar intake; 0.7 suspensions per 100 pupils in 2024/25, against 1.3 at schools with a similar intake. DfE, pupil absence and suspensions, school level

    • Class sizea little5 of 10 points

      Classes average 26.0 pupils (2025/26). DfE, class sizes, school level

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State secondary schools near EX38

1 state secondary school within 5 miles of the middle of EX38, ranked by what matters to you.

  1. Great Torrington School

    State secondary · Torrington · 1.9 miles

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    Every first choice met in 2026 · Ofsted: School remains Good (2022) · 1.9 miles

    How it scored 64
    • Resultsmatters8.5 of 20 points

      Better than 42% of 3,101 state schools in England: Progress 8 of -0.10 in 2023/24 (England +0.01). DfE school performance tables

    • Ofstedmatters15 of 20 points

      Ofsted, from a shorter ungraded visit in July 2022: School remains Good. Ofsted

    • Distancematters12.3 of 20 points

      1.9 miles from the middle of EX38, as the crow flies. Distance from the school's address in the DfE register

    • Getting inmatters20 of 20 points

      In 2026 every family that put it first for Year 7 was offered a place. DfE, applications and offers

    • Attendance and behavioura little0.1 of 10 points

      Pupils missed 12.5% of sessions in 2024/25, against 8.5% at schools with a similar intake; 90.3 suspensions per 100 pupils in 2024/25, against 16.8 at schools with a similar intake. DfE, pupil absence and suspensions, school level

    • Class sizea little8.5 of 10 points

      Classes average 21.8 pupils (2025/26). DfE, class sizes, school level

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How the ranking works. Each school scores out of 100: each thing you care about scores it from 0 to 1 on a published figure, weighted by how much you said it matters, and the points under each school add up to its score. A figure we don't hold counts at the middle and the school says so.

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