Lipson Vale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.28 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Lipson Vale Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 5–11 (community school). Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Lipson Vale Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.28 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 3.28 miles away, 14th longest of 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.43 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 41 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Plymouth that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Plymouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bernice Terrace, Lipson, Plymouth, PL4 7HW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel welcomed at Lipson Vale.”
- “Soon after joining the school, pupils develop a sense of belonging, describing the school as a 'family'.”
- “They feel safe and attend well as a result.”
To improve
- “However, staff expectations of pupils' behaviour are not consistent across the school.”
- “This means that pupils’ experiences of learning are not as positive as they could be, which, in turn, means that they do not learn as well as they could.”
- “Historically, pupils' academic outcomes have not been as secure as they need to be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 41 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Plymouth.
- Salisbury Road Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Laira Green Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- High View School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Prince Rock Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mount Street Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hyde Park Infants' School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Compton CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published