St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.18 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery 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 | 4.18 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 4.18 miles, the 9th longest of 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.43 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school had 85 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 13.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Plymouth.
- Free school meal eligibility is 9.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 15.1% 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
- 8 Market Road, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 1QW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 85 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s values of love, friendship, thankfulness, respect, perseverance, forgiveness and trust are shared by everyone.”
- “Staff know all pupils well, so relationships are strong.”
- “Pupils know they can speak to staff if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the use of assessment is not fully developed.”
- “This means that gaps in pupils’ knowledge of important curriculum content are not identified and remedied.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 21 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 Mary's Priory Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Boringdon Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodford Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Plympton St Maurice Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chaddlewood Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Glen Park Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Yealmpstone Farm Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigham Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published