Mount Street Primary School, Plymouth

From the headteacher's welcome: "Mount Street school community is one in which everyone is valued and belongs. We are proud to be an inclusive school and a school of sanctuary (the first school in the south west to achieve this in 2016 and the first to be reaccredited in Plymouth)."

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Mount Street Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Plymouth and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (77% in reading, 73% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Mount Street Primary School as their first choice and 60 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Mount Street Primary School are Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); Salisbury Road Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 88% reading, 81% maths); Pilgrim Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 77% maths); and Hyde Park Infants' School (0.7 miles).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Mount Street Primary School.

Mount Street Primary School is one of 18 schools run by Learning Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (40%), Black (28%) and Asian (10%).

In 2026, 39 pupils (15.4%) received SEN support and 3 (1.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Mount Street Primary School had 13 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Plymouth Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

23 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Box (sw-bound), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1193 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Plymouth (196), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Mount Street Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 2.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Mount Street Primary School are Plymouth High School for Girls (0.3 miles), Lipson Co-operative Academy (0.8 miles) and Millbay Academy (0.9 miles).