Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

North DevonConstituency

EX32 8DNPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Devon, South West.

It currently serves 214 pupils. Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple is part of PLYMOUTH CAST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

214

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 214
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: PLYMOUTH CAST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
3 Apr 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
25 Jun 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.