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Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 2–7Community

Ilfracombe, EX34 8JL · Devon local authority

Ilfracombe’s School Grade C+ better than 37% of towns in England

Getting in
51/51
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
207 pupils
58% of its 360 places
Free school meals
34%
34 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 207 pupils for 360 places
  • Ofsted: Inspected, March 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (51 of 51)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EX34 8) sold for a median £254,000; Ilfracombe’s is £220,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School?

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

51
families put it first for September 2026
51
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
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. Devon council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Devon council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

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

Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery
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
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

209 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
22.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
8.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 56%Boys 45%
Its letter

No letter for Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

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 (no overall grade since September 2024), March 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School

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

Home prices in EX34 8, the school’s postcode sector

Ilfracombe property prices →
£254,000
median sale, 246 sales in 36 months · Ilfracombe £220,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025EX34 8Ilfracombe
EX34 8Ilfracombe

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£348K
Semi-detached
£280K
Terraced
£225K
Flat
£135K
EX34 8Ilfracombe

Homes in EX34 8 sell for well over Ilfracombe’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 miND−B+Ilfracombe Infant and Nurse…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ilfracombe, EX34 8JL

Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 51 families put Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 51 places were offered in all.

What is Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (March 2025).

How much do houses cost near Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, EX34 8, sold for a median £254,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (246 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; Ilfracombe’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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