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Roundswell Community Primary Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11Free school

Barnstaple, EX31 3WJ · Devon local authority

Barnstaple’s School Grade C+ better than 39% of towns in England

Getting in
43/43
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
345 pupils
75% of its 459 places
Free school meals
26%
26 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Roundswell Community Primary Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (43 of 43)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EX31 3) sold for a median £315,000; Barnstaple’s is £252,625
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Roundswell Community Primary Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

43
families put it first for September 2026
43
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2021 (3), 2023 (7), 2024 (15). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Harbour Schools Partnership sets the admissions rules. Apply through Devon council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Barnstaple, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
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100% got their first choice
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100% got their first choice
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Roundswell Community Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

298 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
9.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Roundswell Community Primary Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Roundswell Community Primary Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in EX31 3, the school’s postcode sector

Barnstaple property prices →
£315,000
median sale, 569 sales in 36 months · Barnstaple £252,625

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025EX31 3Barnstaple
EX31 3Barnstaple

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£364K
Semi-detached
£278K
Terraced
£248K
Flat
£144K
EX31 3Barnstaple

Homes in EX31 3 sell for well over Barnstaple’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+DRoundswell Community Primar…
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Barnstaple, EX31 3WJ

Roundswell Community Primary Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Roundswell Community Primary Academy?

For September 2026, 43 families put Roundswell Community Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 43 places were offered in all.

What is Roundswell Community Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Roundswell Community Primary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, EX31 3, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (569 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Barnstaple’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.