Primary school
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This school
URN 113298 · LAESTAB 879/2671 · Source: Get Information about Schools, DfE, OGL v3.0 (record under Visit & links).
Against South West and Plymouth
Track: South West's middle 80% (10th to 90th percentile); L = South West median; P = Plymouth median, shown when 10 or more of its schools have a figure; the dot is this school.
South West state schools in Close Knit with a published figure, same phase (primary or secondary) and year; the borough median only when 10 or more of its schools have one. 10th, 50th and 90th percentiles with linear interpolation (PostgreSQL percentile_cont).
Colour only where lower or higher is clearly better (absence: lower): blue = better than the South West median, red = in South West's worst 10%.
Money: Compared only with maintained schools' accounts (CFR), same financial year.
Results
England rank: Key stage 2: % of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths; ties broken by % at the higher standard. Ranked among 15,057 primaries in England, 2024/25. England's state-funded mainstream schools with a published figure that year (suppressed or missing figures are left out); equal figures share a rank; top % = rank ÷ schools × 100, rounded up.
Top % in England by year: the first and best years are labelled; the dashed line is the middle (top 50%).
Against South West: South West state primaries, same year, cohort 30+, suppressed figures left out. Steps: the score out of 10 against South West (10 = top 10%).
Arrows: change in South West percentile points since 2018/19.
Pupils counted: 58 pupils (2024/25), every measure.
KS2 progress (reading), KS2 progress (writing), KS2 progress (maths): Not published for 2023/24 or 2024/25.
Getting in
Got in = first-choice families offered a place on national offer day ÷ families who put the school first. Putting a school first gives no priority: siblings and distance decide.
First-choice applications not offered a place on national offer day: 100 × (1 − first-preference offers ÷ first preferences). Applications count preferences, not children; places can still be offered from waiting lists after offer day.
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers.
Last distance offered: the straight line from the school to the furthest child offered a place under the distance rule. Not a catchment: it changes every year.
Inspections
GoodRequires improvementReport cardUngraded visit, no grade
Dates are the day each inspection started: May 2026 Report card, lowest Needs attention · Feb 2022 Good · Dec 2018 Remains Good · Jun 2015 Good · Jun 2013 Requires improvement · Jun 2010 Good · May 2007 Satisfactory. Each dot opens its Ofsted report. Report cards and 2024–25 inspections have no overall grade: the badge takes the lowest area's colour.
Report-card areas graded Exceptional or Strong standard, and Needs attention or Urgent improvement, out of the areas graded; Expected standard counts as neither. Counted from Ofsted's grades, never scored from the report text.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes.
Pupils
Full = pupils on roll ÷ the school's capacity (420 places), from Get Information about Schools.
Pupil profile and absence: DfE school census and pupil absence (Compare school and college performance). Free school meals = eligible at any time in the past 6 years; persistently absent = missed 10% or more of sessions. Withheld = suppressed by DfE.
Workforce
School workforce census, 2025/26. Staff in FTE (full-time equivalent), rounded to 1 decimal on the card. As published: teachers 17.9, leadership 1.9, teaching assistants 16.02, support staff incl. TAs 20.83, whole workforce 38.73 (53 people), 21 teachers by headcount.
Other support = support staff incl. TAs minus teaching assistants.
Per adult counts teachers, TAs and other classroom support; excludes admin staff.
- DfE: FTE pupils (January census) ÷ FTE teachers (November census)
- DfE: FTE pupils ÷ FTE teachers, teaching assistants, other school support staff and technicians; administrative, auxiliary and business staff are not counted
- Teachers in leadership posts: head, deputy and assistant heads
Financials
Maintained school accounts (CFR) · April 2025 to March 2026.
Published total ÷ FTE pupils in the same return, to the nearest pound; income and spend per pupil are left out when the return covers less than 12 months.
CFR (maintained schools, April–March) and AAR (academies, September–August) are different accounts and years: do not compare a maintained school with an academy.
Why some figures are missing
Parent View: Ofsted Parent View: not published for this school (Ofsted lists only schools with 10 or more responses; fewer in the current survey and in the earlier-survey years loaded).
All sources and licences (6)
- Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers
- Department for Education, Compare school and college performance
- Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes
- Department for Education, Consistent Financial Reporting
- Department for Education, School workforce in England, reporting year 2025
- Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Results · 2024/25
Ranked 9,605 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 64%
Against South WestArrows: South West rank change since 2018/19
Show KS2 results by year
No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22
Getting in · 2026
By preference
| Choice | Applied | Offered |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 41 | 41 |
| 2nd | 22 | 1 |
| 3rd | 12 | 0 |
Last distance offered: London only
Visit & links
Open days aren't open data: the school site lists them.
Official
Guides
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Inspections · 2007–2026
- InclusionExpected
- AchievementExpected
- Curriculum and teachingExpected
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceExpected
- Early yearsExpected
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected
- SafeguardingMet
- 2007Satisfactory
- 2010Good
- 2013Requires improvement
- 2015Good
- 2018Remains Good
- 2022Good
- 2026Lowest Needs attention
Pupils · 2024/25
Girls 48.3%Boys 51.8%
93.6% full · 420 places
Parent View
Not published for this school
Workforce · 2025/26
- Classroom teachers 16
- Leadership 1.9
- Teaching assistants 16
- Other support 4.8
Teachers 17.9 FTE · Whole workforce 38.7 · 53 people
Financials · 2025/26
- +£186,146revenue reserve
- +£11,697in-year balance
Grants £6,780 · self-generated £77 · premises £426 per pupil