Wembury 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 🔒
Wembury Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wembury 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
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 17 of the 40 applications (43%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Devon, and 7 offers went to them.
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
- Knighton Road, Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 0EB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and attend well.”
- “They are proud of their school and form close and supportive relationships with their friends.”
- “Pupils are safe and feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, for some pupils, errors in their spelling, and handwriting are not consistently identified and addressed by staff.”
- “As a result, for these pupils, important gaps in their knowledge persist as they continue in their learning.”
- “However, not all staff implement the school’s behaviour policy consistently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 64% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sherford Vale School & Nursery 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Yealmpton Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Holbeton Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sparkwell All Saints Primary School 6.0 mi Not judged
- Ermington Primary School 7.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Park Primary School 7.4 mi Not judged Last distance published