Instow Community Primary and Pre-School

Foundation schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Rectory Lane, Instow, Bideford, EX39 4LU

Headteacher · Mrs Lucy Mardling

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils136Capacity 140

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 4 May 2023

TrustAtlantic Coast Co-Operative Trust

Free school meals11%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 4 May 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Devon council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 16 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered17

Applications30

First choice16

First-choice offers16

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).