Honiton Primary School, Honiton

From the headteacher's welcome: "Thank you for your interest in our school. Our school vision is for our children to be World Ready People: happy, responsible young people who achieve their best. We also have a school motto: good, better, best, never let it rest, until your good is better and your better, best."

Coming up: an open evening on Monday 9 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Honiton Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Devon and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 48 families put Honiton Primary School as their first choice and 72 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Honiton Primary School are Littletown Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 82% reading, 84% maths); Awliscombe Church of England Primary School (1.9 miles, Good, 93% reading, 67% maths); Offwell Church of England Primary School (2.1 miles, Good, 71% reading, 100% maths); and Farway Church of England Primary School (2.9 miles).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Honiton Primary School.

36.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 33 pupils (7.9%) received SEN support and 19 (4.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Honiton Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Honiton Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Congregational Church (b), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 65 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Devon (16), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Honiton Primary School issued 27 suspensions, 6.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.