Manadon Vale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.10 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Manadon Vale Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Manadon 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 | 2.10 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 2.10 miles away, the 26th longest of 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 53 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 24.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Plymouth.
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
- St Peter's Road, Manadon, Plymouth, PL5 3DL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a good quality of education at Manadon Vale.”
- “Consequently, they achieve well and are confident in taking their next steps to secondary school.”
- “Staff encourage pupils to demonstrate the school’s values, which include being collaborative and curious.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects within the wider curriculum, these checks on learning are not as well embedded.”
- “Teachers do not develop as secure an understanding of what pupils know and can do in these curriculum areas.”
- “However, the school does not carefully track pupils’ participation in all these activities over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2025 (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) | 74% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 50 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.
- Widey Court Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Pennycross Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eggbuckland Vale Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Compton CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shakespeare Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Montpelier Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Whitleigh Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hyde Park Junior School 1.1 mi Good