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St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Jackets Lane, Northam, Bideford EX39 1HT · 01237 477262
On the mapSearch near EX39 1HT
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 110
- 70% of 157 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.8%
- First language not English
- 4.5%
- 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, 33 families put the school first and 37 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 | 37 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Positive
- 90%
- Replies
- 30
- 30% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (7%) whose child was bullied
based on 7 parents (23%) with SEND