Oreston Community Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.25 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Oreston Community Academy is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Oreston Community Academy 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 | 3.25 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 place in 2026 lived 3.25 miles away; the middle figure for 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published last distance was 1.43 miles.
- In 2024/25, 51% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Plymouth.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 9.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Plymouth is 17.6%.
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
- Oreston Road, Plymouth, PL9 7JY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 331 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Oreston Community Academy enjoy coming to school and love to learn.”
- “Relationships between pupils and adults are respectful and positive.”
- “Adults have high expectations for pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, in the wider curriculum subjects, leaders do not have an accurate understanding of what pupils know or of gaps in knowledge.”
- “This means that pupils do not build knowledge well over time.”
- “For example, in history, pupils in key stage 1 have significant misconceptions about the Victorian period, and older pupils do not understand how historians find out about the past using different sources.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 2023 (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) | 51% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 17 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.
- Pomphlett Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hooe Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Morley Meadow Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prince Rock Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Goosewell Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Salisbury Road Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Lipson Vale Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published