Overall Oxbridge
#1,764
1 ranked schools · -850 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
14
Offers
1
Offer rate7.1%
-15.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Licensed to trade wool since the fourteenth century, Barnstaple is North Devon's principal market town, set where the River Taw reaches its lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. Around 24,000 people live here today. The Tarka Line runs to Exeter in roughly an hour, the town's main rail link to the wider region. The Victorian Pannier Market, with its glass and timber roof on iron columns, anchors a compact centre that grew through shipbuilding, foundries, and sawmills after the medieval harbour silted. West Buckland and Swimbridge are the most school-competitive pockets for families targeting primary catchments, while Sticklepath and Pilton form established residential neighbourhoods within the town.
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Area Performance
Across 29 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.99/10, -0.41 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Barnstaple schools
Barnstaple vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Barnstaple schools
top 70% of 14,978
top 70% of 14,978
top 41% of 3,862
top 41% of 3,862
top 24% of 2,555
top 24% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · -850 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
14
Offers
1
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
4
Offers
0
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · -1027 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
10
Offers
1
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