Plympton St Mary's CofE Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Plymouth·PL7 1QW

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Plympton St Mary's CofE Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

21 first choices, 23 places

First choices per place

0.91

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 23 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Plympton St Mary's CofE Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 95
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,621

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Old Priory Junior Academy Plymouth · 0.1 mi 52.8 Glen Park Primary School Plymouth · 0.6 mi 82.0 Boringdon Primary School Plymouth · 0.6 mi 70.5 Woodford Primary School Plymouth · 0.8 mi 64.1 Plympton St Maurice Primary School Plymouth · 0.8 mi 36.4 Chaddlewood Primary School Plymouth · 1.1 mi 71.4 Yealmpstone Farm Primary School Plymouth · 1.4 mi 58.7 Elburton Primary School Plymouth · 1.9 mi 65.2

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Plympton St Mary's CofE Infant School is a primary school serving Plymouth, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 95 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Plympton St Mary's CofE Infant School 'Good'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Plympton St Mary's CofE Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.