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Sparkwell All Saints Primary School

Primary · Plymouth · PL7 5DD

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 October 2024

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At a glance

95 pupils · 90% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.sparkwell.thelink.academy/web
URN
139795

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. At its inspection on 15 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

15 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Devon average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Bridestowe Primary SchoolOkehampton · 20 miles awayExpected standard62%
Garway Primary SchoolHereford · 116 miles awayGood (2016)56%
Padbury Church of England SchoolBuckingham · 171 miles awayStrong standard94%
Collingbourne Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 119 miles awayGood (2019)60%
Elveden Church of England Primary AcademyThetford · 243 miles awayOutstanding57%
Bishops Nympton Primary SchoolSouth Molton · 43 miles awayGood40%
The Donington-on-Bain SchoolLouth · 261 miles awayGood79%
Wix and Wrabness Primary SchoolManningtree · 246 miles awayGood83%
Bucklesham Primary SchoolIpswich · 255 miles awayGood71%
Bury CofE Primary SchoolPulborough · 154 miles awayGood58%
Stradbroke Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 263 miles awayGood60%
Avening Primary SchoolTetbury · 119 miles awayExpected standard56%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Devon 0%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Devon 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Devon: 3.30 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £43,373; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,080
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£110,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.8%62.3%
Social housing15%17.1%
Privately rented20.2%20.5%
Detached houses34.3%22.9%
Flats4.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020149 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£317,00026 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£254,500–£431,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£503,500
Semi-detached (11)£293,000
Terraced (7)£230,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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