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Matford Brook Academy

All-throughAges 2–16Free school

near Exminster, EX2 0BZ · Devon local authority

Exminster’s School Grade B− better than 55% of towns in England

Getting in
42/42
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 84%)
How full
276 pupils
75% of its 370 places
Free school meals
30%
30 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (30)
The gist

What stands out about Matford Brook Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 276 pupils for 370 places
  • Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Exminster, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (42 of 42)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EX2 0) sold for a median £328,937; Exminster’s is £345,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Matford Brook Academy?

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

42
families put it first for September 2026
47
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s secondaries: 84%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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 Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Devon council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for secondary schools nearby, September 2026

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

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
Matford Brook
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice
0.62 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

163 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
28.8%England 14%
EHC plan
1.8%England 3.2%
English as an additional language
3.7%England 19%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.4%England 29.6%

Girls and boys

Girls 56%Boys 44%
Its letter

No letter for Matford Brook 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.

Report card, inspection starting June 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Matford Brook Academy

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

Home prices in EX2 0, the school’s postcode sector

Exminster property prices →
£328,937
median sale, 135 sales in 36 months · Exminster £345,000

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£379K
Semi-detached
£336K
Terraced
£301K
Flat
£225K
EX2 0Exminster

Homes in EX2 0 sell for a little under Exminster’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

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+BBB+BD−Matford Brook Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Exminster, EX2 0BZ

Matford Brook Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Matford Brook Academy?

For September 2026, 42 families put Matford Brook Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 47 places were offered in all.

What is Matford Brook Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Matford Brook Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, EX2 0, sold for a median £328,937 over the 36 months to August 2026 (135 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; Exminster’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.

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