Mount Tamar School
Special / other · Plymouth · PL5 2EF
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 20 January 2026. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 25 March 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- URN
- 152544
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 19.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 24% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 19.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 55.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 24.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 20% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 5.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 20.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015148 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £200,000380 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £172,000–£230,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 6an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 15an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 39an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an 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