Schools in Exmouth
Exmouth's 12 schools are administered by Devon County Council, with 9 primaries and 1 secondary — Exmouth Community College — serving this East Devon coastal town of around 35,000 people. Devon uses straight-line distance as the primary oversubscription criterion for community schools after sibling priority, though a high proportion of Exmouth's primaries have a Church of England or faith designation, meaning faith criteria apply at those schools before distance.
The dominance of faith schools in Exmouth is particularly pronounced: 12 of the town's schools carry a religious designation, so families without a faith connection should check carefully which community schools lie within realistic distance. Exmouth Community College serves a wide rural hinterland including villages east of the Exe estuary, and its published admissions area extends well beyond the town boundary.
Devon's admissions team publishes offer statistics annually, and historical data on the furthest distance offered for each Exmouth school is available through catchment.school. Given the concentration of faith primaries, families are advised to check non-faith alternatives in neighbouring Budleigh Salterton and Lympstone if distance to community schools is tight.
School demand in Exmouth
Across the 11 schools in Exmouth with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 76%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Exmouth have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
5 of the schools in Exmouth are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Devon, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Exmouth have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Exmouth: 1 oversubscribed (9)
Exeter Road Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Exmouth · EX8 1PU
Bassetts Farm Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Exmouth · EX8 4GB
Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Exmouth · EX8 3BA
Lympstone Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Exmouth · EX8 5JY
The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Exmouth · EX8 2SR
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth
Primary · Academy converter
Exmouth · EX8 1TA
Brixington Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Exmouth · EX8 4JQ
Littleham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Exmouth · EX8 2QY
Marpool Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Exmouth · EX8 3QW
Secondary Schools in Exmouth (1)
Other Schools in Exmouth (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Exmouth are set by Devon and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.