Yealmpton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Plymouth, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Yealmpton Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Yealmpton 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as was also the case at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Reception had 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stray Park, Yealmpton, Plymouth, PL8 2HF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 173 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Yealmpton Primary School are part of a warm, caring community.”
- “They relish the opportunity to be ‘the best you can be’ in all aspects of school life.”
- “Pupils are polite towards their peers and adults alike.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff do not know what pupils have remembered over time.”
- “Sometimes, pupils have gaps in their knowledge of the curriculum or develop misconceptions that are not addressed.”
- “However, leaders have not yet fully developed their approach to spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) and religious education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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) | 79% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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 Devon.
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sherford Vale School & Nursery 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Holbeton Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wembury Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sparkwell All Saints Primary School 3.8 mi Not judged
- Ermington Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Park Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published