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Pilton Infants' Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Abbey Road, Barnstaple EX31 1JU · pilton-inf.devon.sch.uk · 01271 342579
On the mapSearch near EX31 1JU
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 172
- 96% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- First language not English
- 9.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Devon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 52 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 61 | 1.1▲ | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 60 | 1▲ | 92% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Pilton Infants' Academy on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113128), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113128)
Dec 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113128)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 35
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied