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Stuart Road Primary Academy

Primary · Plymouth · PL1 5LL

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 20 April 2026

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At a glance

185 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
31.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stuartroadacademy.org
URN
144844

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Plymouth average64.1%
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
Hackwood Primary AcademyDerby · 208 miles awayGood77%
St Anne's Church of England Primary School, GranthamGrantham · 231 miles awayGood60%
St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolTipton · 174 miles awayGood52%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 214 miles awayRequires improvement61%
William Martin Church of England Junior SchoolHarlow · 208 miles awayGood60%
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, BloxwichWalsall · 181 miles awayGood72%
Victoria Road Primary SchoolAshford · 226 miles awayGood50%
Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and NurseryBristol · 100 miles awayGood48%
St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 176 miles awayRequires improvement42%
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery SchoolOldham · 237 miles awayExpected standard50%
Clarendon Primary SchoolAshford · 177 miles awayGood66%
Iver Heath Junior SchoolIver Heath · 177 miles awayGood71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Plymouth 79%, England 60%) · Black African 14% (Plymouth 4%, England 5%) · Any other White background 8% (Plymouth 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Plymouth 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Plymouth 2%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Plymouth 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Plymouth 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Plymouth 0%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Plymouth 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Plymouth 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

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)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.08 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Plymouth: 3.19 suspensions and 0.02 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
21.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.2 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 £49,943; 11.1% 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£6,823
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 14% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£89,000; in-year balance -£30,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.3%62.3%
Social housing3%17.1%
Privately rented43.7%20.5%
Detached houses2.5%22.9%
Flats43.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van30%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015172 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£185,000515 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£130,000–£255,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£410,000
Semi-detached (26)£342,500
Terraced (255)£235,000
Flat (221)£126,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 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

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an urban school averages 6.1

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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