Schools in Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh has 2 schools listed on OfferDay. It is in the Devon local authority area.
About schools in Buckfastleigh
All two schools listed in Buckfastleigh are primary schools.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find each primary school's key stage 2 scores. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
Primary schools2
The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
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Buckfastleigh Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11
58%expected standard -
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast
Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11
61%expected standard
Schools near Buckfastleigh
With only 2 schools listed in Buckfastleigh itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 60 schools closest to the centre of Buckfastleigh by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast, about 0.4 miles away.
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast0.4 miles
Primary · Buckfastleigh
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Buckfastleigh Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Buckfastleigh
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Beyond Creative Education2.2 miles
Special schools · Newton Abbot
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Landscove Church of England Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Nr Ashburton
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Ashburton Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Sands School2.3 miles
Independent schools · Newton Abbot
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South Dartmoor Community College3.0 miles
Secondary · Ashburton
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South Devon Steiner School3.0 miles
Independent schools
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On Track Education West Yarner3.8 miles
Special schools · Totnes
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Broadhempston Village Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Totnes
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Redwood River School3.9 miles
Special schools · Totnes
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Bidwell Brook School3.9 miles
Special schools · Totnes
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Dartington Church of England Academy3.9 miles
Primary · Totnes
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River Dart Academy4.1 miles
Academies · Dartington
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Lifeworks College4.1 miles
Other types · Totnes
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St Christophers School4.1 miles
Independent schools · Totnes
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Park School4.5 miles
Independent schools · Totnes
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South Brent Primary School4.8 miles
Primary · South Brent
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King Edward VI Community College5.0 miles
Secondary · Totnes
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Totnes Independent School5.1 miles
Independent schools · Totnes
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Denbury Primary School5.3 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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The Grove School5.6 miles
Primary · Totnes
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On Track Education Totnes5.6 miles
Special schools · Totnes
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Ipplepen Primary School5.9 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School6.0 miles
Primary · Totnes
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ROC College (part of United Response)6.0 miles
Other types · Totnes
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Diptford Parochial Church of England Primary School6.2 miles
Primary · Totnes
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Breakthrough College6.2 miles
Other types · South Brent
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Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary6.4 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Blackpool Church of England Primary School6.5 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary School6.5 miles
Primary · Totnes
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Ilsington Church of England Primary School6.6 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Phoenix Bay School6.8 miles
Special schools · Torquay
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Harbertonford Church of England Primary School7.0 miles
Primary · Totnes
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Canada Hill Community Primary School7.1 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit7.2 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Abbotskerswell Primary School7.4 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Fieldstone School7.6 miles
Special schools · Devon
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School7.7 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Stover School7.7 miles
Independent schools · Newton Abbot
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Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School7.7 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Ugborough Primary School7.7 miles
Primary · Ivybridge
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Coombeshead Academy7.8 miles
Secondary · Newton Abbot
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St Catherine's CofE Primary School7.9 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Newton Abbot College7.9 miles
Secondary · Newton Abbot
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Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School8.0 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Marldon Church of England Primary School8.1 miles
Primary · Paignton
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Bearnes Voluntary Primary School8.2 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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South Devon UTC8.3 miles
Secondary · Newton Abbot
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Decoy Primary School8.3 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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The Greater Horseshoe School8.4 miles
Special schools
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All Saints Marsh CofE Academy8.4 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary School8.7 miles
Primary · Paignton
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Bovey Tracey Academy8.7 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Stowford School8.8 miles
Primary · Ivybridge
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Ivybridge Community College8.9 miles
Secondary · Ivybridge
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Haytor View Community Primary School8.9 miles
Primary · Newton Abbot
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Kings Ash Academy8.9 miles
Primary · Paignton
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Glendinning Academy8.9 miles
Free Schools · Newton Abbot
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Stoke Gabriel Primary School9.0 miles
Primary · Totnes
Common questions about schools in Buckfastleigh
- How many schools are in Buckfastleigh?
- OfferDay lists two schools in Buckfastleigh, all of them primary schools.
- Who inspects schools in Buckfastleigh?
- Every school in Buckfastleigh is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in Buckfastleigh?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Buckfastleigh does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 1 July 2026.