Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School

Community school·Infant school Ilfracombe, Devon·EX34 8JL

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

51 first choices, 51 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 51 places

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Requires improvement

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 209
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

27.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

8.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

22.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

26.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

17.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,498

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Ilfracombe Church of England Junior School Ilfracombe · 0.1 mi 25.2 Berrynarbor Church of England Primary School Ilfracombe · 2.7 mi 63.7 West Down School Ilfracombe · 3.2 mi 47.1 Combe Martin Primary School Ilfracombe · 3.8 mi 45.5 Woolacombe School Woolacombe · 4.2 mi 45.5 Marwood School Barnstaple · 5.7 mi 63.5 Georgeham Church of England Primary School Braunton · 5.8 mi 29.9 Kentisbury Primary School Barnstaple · 6.8 mi 61.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School is a primary school serving Ilfracombe, Devon, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 209 pupils aged 2 to 7 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 51 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.4%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.