Schools in Tiverton
Tiverton is a market town in mid-Devon with 20 state schools - 16 primary and 1 secondary - serving the town and its surrounding rural parishes. Devon County Council coordinates admissions for community schools in Tiverton, applying a distance-based tiebreaker when schools are oversubscribed. The town's single comprehensive secondary, Tiverton High School, draws pupils from across the town and many surrounding villages, with bus routes supporting families at a distance.
Primary admissions in Tiverton are generally less competitive than in larger Devon towns, though centrally located primaries can be oversubscribed in peak years. Village primaries in the surrounding Mid Devon district typically apply a nearest-school distance tiebreaker and may have smaller published admission numbers. Devon's co-ordinated admissions round opens in September for secondary applications and January for primary applications, with offers made in March and April respectively.
School demand in Tiverton
Across the 18 schools in Tiverton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 86%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
9 schools in Tiverton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Tiverton 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 Tiverton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Tiverton: 5 oversubscribed (16)
East Anstey Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tiverton · EX16 9JP
Halberton Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Tiverton · EX16 7AT
Castle Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Tiverton · EX16 6QR
Two Moors Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Tiverton · EX16 6HH
Heathcoat Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Tiverton · EX16 5HE
Uplowman Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tiverton · EX16 7DR
Rackenford Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Tiverton · EX16 8DU
Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 7BR
Wilcombe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 4AL
Bickleigh on Exe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 8RE
St John's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 5LB
Tidcombe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 4BP
Witheridge Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 8AH
Bampton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 9NW
Burlescombe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 7JH
Bolham Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tiverton · EX16 7RA
Secondary Schools in Tiverton (1)
Other Schools in Tiverton (3)
Blundell's School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Tiverton · EX16 4DN
Blundell's Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Tiverton · EX16 4NA
ACE Tiverton Special School
Not applicable · Free schools special
Tiverton · EX16 5HB
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Tiverton 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.