Eggbuckland Vale Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Plymouth·PL6 5PS
Composite score
41.8
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#10,237
National rank
#1033
In South West
#42
In Plymouth
Top 69%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
76 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
1.31
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
173
any preference, for 58 places
Last place offered lived
1.07 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1722 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.36
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
396
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,139
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Eggbuckland Vale Primary School

Eggbuckland Vale Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 396 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 75% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (76 first choices for 58 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 1.07 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. Eggbuckland Vale Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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