Mount Wise Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.11 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Mount Wise Community Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 April 2022. Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Mount Wise Community 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 | 1.11 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Its Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.11 miles, the 24th shortest of the 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.43 miles.
- Results 2024/25: 49% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Plymouth.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 41.9% against a middle figure of 30.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Plymouth; there are 17 pupils per teacher (middle figure 21).
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
- James Street, Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4LA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Mount Wise are happy and polite.”
- “They show a real interest in their learning and enjoy a rich curriculum, including visits to Dartmoor and opportunities to speak to famous artists.”
- “Pupils enjoy good relationships with their teachers and other adults in school.”
To improve
- “Pupils comment that some pupils can be unkind from time to time but when they talk about it, this stops.”
- “Sometimes, in some subjects, teachers are not yet confident about their knowledge of the subject and the ways in which it might be best taught.”
- “As a result, they are not accurate in their assessments of pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 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) | 49% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 15 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- High Street Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Damerel Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morice Town Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- College Road Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stuart Road Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published