Pilton Infants' Academy

Academy converter·Infant school Barnstaple, Devon·EX31 1JU

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Pilton Infants' Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. 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%

52 first choices, 52 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 52 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 Pilton Infants' Academy 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

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 177
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

18.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

9.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

6.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

18.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,915

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy Barnstaple · 0.0 mi 48.0 Yeo Valley Primary School Barnstaple · 0.5 mi 28.0 Ashleigh CofE Primary School Barnstaple · 0.8 mi 51.4 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple Barnstaple · 0.8 mi 43.0 Sticklepath Community Primary Academy Barnstaple · 1.2 mi 42.5 Eden Park Academy Barnstaple · 1.2 mi 35.1 Newport Community School Primary Academy Barnstaple · 1.4 mi 43.1 Orchard Vale Community School Barnstaple · 1.9 mi 35.5

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

About Pilton Infants' Academy

Pilton Infants' Academy is a primary school in Barnstaple, Devon, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 177 pupils aged 4 to 7 attend the school.

Pilton Infants' Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 52 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. Pilton Infants' Academy 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.