Plympton St Maurice Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.53 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Plympton St Maurice Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Plympton St Maurice 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 | 6.53 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 2026 place lived 6.53 miles away, 3rd longest of 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.43 miles).
- For Reception 2026, 8 of the 52 applications (15%) came from families living outside Plymouth, and 3 offers went to them.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Plympton Hill, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 1UB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Plympton St Maurice are happy, enthusiastic learners.”
- “Pupils, including children in the Reception Year, love reading stories and creating their own versions.”
- “They relish learning a range of subjects and strive to do their best.”
To improve
- “However, in a minority of subject areas, pupils’ knowledge is not developed and strengthened as well as in others.”
- “Consequently, in some subject areas, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 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) | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Yealmpstone Farm Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Priory Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Chaddlewood Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Glen Park Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Boringdon Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodford Primary School 1.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Elburton Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published