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Private primary · 3 to 13 · Mixed · Anglican/Christian · 152 pupils

Exeter Cathedral School

The Chantry, Palace Gate, Exeter, EX1 1HX · Devon
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Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met · September 2024
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met, September 2024
Size
152 pupils
Faith
Anglican/Christian
Run by
Its proprietor
Type
Independent school
Ages
3 to 13 · Mixed
Fees
Day £12,445 to £20,858 a year
Strengths, and things to check
  • A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
How a place here is decidedA private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview; offer-day figures are not published.See how entry works ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview; offer-day figures are not published.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Results

Quality

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SourceISI · inspected 24 September 2024

  • Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met
  • We hold no published results for this school: it may be new, or have no pupils in the tested years.

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 129 m, rail 581 m
  • 77 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (2 fatal, 19 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.6 (1 km square, background level)
  • Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus129
rail581

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 19 serious and 2 fatal in all; 35 involved a pedestrian, 19 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
202514
202417
202315
202215
202116

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO28.02024
PM109.32024
PM255.62024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
SEN support12%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.3%2025/26
Girls41%2025/26

Admissions

Getting in

  • A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview. Offer-day figures are not published for private schools.

Who runs it

  • A private school is not part of a state trust; its owner is named on its own website.

Fees and clubs

Day fees £12,445 to £20,858 a year.
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SourceThe school's own fees page, 2025/26.

Private school feesTypical fees by area and age, from schools' own published lists.See fees →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Exeter Pre-Prep School3.2 miSt Peter's Preparatory School7.0 miBlundell's Preparatory School13.2 miSt Christophers School18.9 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Puffins in the City0.2 miles
Munchkins Day Nursery0.4 miles
Tic Tocs Day Nursery0.4 miles
St David's Hill Playgroup0.5 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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