St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.53 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 July 2022. Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Paul's Roman Catholic 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 | 3.53 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 for 2026 lived 3.53 miles away, the 11th longest of 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published last distance.
- Across those 67 Plymouth primary schools, the middle Reception last distance for 2026 was 1.43 miles.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Pemros Road, St Budeaux, Plymouth, PL5 1NE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff are proud of the school.”
- “There is a shared understanding of, and belief in, the school’s values, including, ‘Let all that you do be done in love.”
- “Pupils are kind and considerate.”
To improve
- “However, there are a few remaining subjects, such as design and technology and computing, which are not as strong as the others.”
- “The curriculum intent or thinking for these is incomplete.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not gain the full range of knowledge as well as they could, in readiness for the next stage of their education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 56% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 9 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.
- Victoria Road Primary 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Riverside Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marine Academy Primary 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Drake Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published