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75 open schools in Exeter, Devon · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Devon schools · grammar schools in Exeter

Exeter has 75 state schools: 54 primary, 6 secondary, part of Devon's wider catchment. 70 have a published Ofsted rating, and 48 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Alphington Primary School Exeter · Good Barley Lane School Exeter · Requires improvement Bowhill Primary School Exeter · Good Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School Exeter · Good Broadclyst Community Primary School Exeter · Outstanding Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School Exeter · Requires improvement Chestnut Nursery School - Exeter Nursery Schools Federation Exeter · Good Christow Primary School Exeter · Good Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School Exeter · Good Clyst St Mary Primary School Exeter · Not judged Clyst Vale Community College Exeter · Good Cockwood Primary School Exeter · Good Countess Wear Primary School Exeter · Requires improvement Cranbrook Education Campus Exeter · Good Doddiscombsleigh Primary School Exeter · Good Dunsford Community Academy Exeter · Good Ellen Tinkham School Exeter · Good Exeter Cathedral School Exeter Exeter Mathematics School Exeter · Outstanding Exeter Pre-Prep School Exeter Exeter School Exeter Exeter and North Devon Colleges Group Exeter · Outstanding Exminster Community Primary Exeter · Good Exwick Heights Primary School Exeter · Good Ide Primary School Exeter · Good Infocus College Exeter · Good Isca Academy Exeter · Good Kenn Church of England Primary School Exeter · Good Kenton Primary School Exeter · Good Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School Exeter · Not judged Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School Exeter · Requires improvement Ladysmith Junior School Exeter · Requires improvement Matford Brook Academy Exeter Monkerton Community Primary School Exeter · Good Montgomery Primary School Exeter · Not judged Newton St Cyres Primary School Exeter · Good Newtown Primary School Exeter · Requires improvement Payhembury Church of England Primary School Exeter · Good Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery Exeter · Good Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School Exeter · Good Silverton Church of England Primary School Exeter · Not judged Southbrook School Exeter · Not judged St David's CofE Primary School Exeter · Not judged St Gabriel's CofE Primary School Exeter · Good St James School Exeter · Good St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School Exeter · Not judged St Luke's Church of England School Exeter · Good St Martin's CofE Primary & Nursery School Exeter · Good St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy Exeter · Not judged St Nicholas Catholic Primary School Exeter · Not judged St Peter's Church of England Aided School Exeter · Not judged St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Exeter · Good St Thomas Primary School Exeter · Good St Wilfrid's School Exeter · Good Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School Exeter · Good Stoke Hill Infant and Nursery School Exeter · Not judged Stoke Hill Junior School Exeter · Good Tedburn St Mary School Exeter · Good The Duchy School Bradninch Exeter · Not judged The Maynard School Exeter The Topsham School Exeter · Good Thomas Hall School Exeter · Requires improvement Thorverton Church of England Primary School Exeter · Good Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School Exeter · Requires improvement West Exe Nursery School - Exeter Nursery Schools Federation Exeter · Outstanding West Exe School Exeter · Good Westclyst Community Primary School Exeter · Outstanding Whimple Primary School Exeter · Good Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School Exeter · Good Whipton Barton Junior School Exeter · Good Willowbrook School Exeter · Requires improvement Woodbury Church of England Primary School Exeter · Good Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School Exeter · Good Woodwater Academy Exeter · Good Wynstream Primary School Academy Exeter · Requires improvement

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Isca Academy Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Whimple Primary School Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Luke's Church of England School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Clyst Vale Community College Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ide Primary School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Tedburn St Mary School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cranbrook Education Campus Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Devon

Primary schools: Devon's own term is 'relevant area' (equivalent to catchment); catchment maps are published per school by the council. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Devon entrance test format

Colyton Grammar School uses papers from Quest Assessments: maths and English questions based solely on the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum — no verbal or non-verbal reasoning. The full test session runs about two and a half hours including breaks, sat at the school in mid-September of Year 6. Register directly on the school's website during its Year 5 registration window; results arrive in October before the 31 October application deadline.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Registration closes 2026-07-31 (passed)
Sept 2027 Test date 2026-09-12
Sept 2027 Results released 2026-10-21
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

Out-of-area applications

Devon's only grammar school is Colyton Grammar School (mixed, east Devon) — note that Plymouth and Torbay are separate unitary authorities with their own grammar schools and their own tests. Colyton runs its own entrance test with registration direct via the school's website during its registration window in Year 5. Children living outside Devon can register — the school draws from east Devon, Somerset and Dorset. Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October. Check the school's oversubscription criteria for distance/priority-area effects when oversubscribed.

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