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35 open schools in Newton Abbot, Devon · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Devon schools · grammar schools in Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot has 35 state schools: 28 primary, 5 secondary, part of Devon's wider catchment. 33 have a published Ofsted rating, and 27 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Abbotskerswell Primary School Newton Abbot · Good All Saints Marsh CofE Academy Newton Abbot · Not judged Ashburton Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Bearnes Voluntary Primary School Newton Abbot · Not judged Blackpool Church of England Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Bovey Tracey Academy Newton Abbot · Requires improvement Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit Newton Abbot · Good Canada Hill Community Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Chagford Church of England Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Chudleigh Church of England Community Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Coombeshead Academy Newton Abbot · Good Decoy Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Denbury Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Glendinning Academy Newton Abbot · Good Haytor View Community Primary School Newton Abbot · Requires improvement Hennock Community Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School Newton Abbot · Good Ilsington Church of England Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Ipplepen Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Kingskerswell Church of England Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Kingsteignton School Newton Abbot · Good Moretonhampstead Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Newton Abbot College Newton Abbot · Not judged Rydon Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Sands School Newton Abbot South Devon UTC Newton Abbot · Good St Catherine's CofE Primary School Newton Abbot · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Newton Abbot · Requires improvement St Michael's Church of England Primary School Newton Abbot · Good Stokeinteignhead School Newton Abbot · Good Stover School Newton Abbot Teign School Newton Abbot · Good Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary Newton Abbot · Good Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School Newton Abbot · Good

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.

Coombeshead Academy Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Michael's Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Decoy Primary School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rydon Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Denbury Primary School Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kingskerswell Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Blackpool Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chudleigh Church of England Community Primary School Good · ×0.96 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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