Mount Wise Community Primary School, Plymouth

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a friendly, nurturing school situated in an amazing location right next to the sea and Mount Wise swimming pools. We are a part of Learning Academies Trust (LAT) and enjoy the opportunity to collaborate and work with our other LAT schools."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils at Mount Wise Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 51% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Plymouth and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 70% in reading and 51% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Mount Wise Community Primary School as their first choice and 27 named it as one of their preferences, for 16 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 Wise Community Primary School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths); Marlborough Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 76% maths); High Street Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 63% reading, 63% maths); and Stoke Damerel Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 72% reading, 75% maths).

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

Mount Wise Community 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.

41.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 36 pupils (14.5%) received SEN support and 7 (2.8%) 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 Wise Community Primary School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Devonport Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mount Wise Primary School (nw-bound), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Mount Wise Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 425 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Plymouth (196), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Mount Wise Community Primary School issued 28 suspensions, 10.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Mount Wise Community Primary School are UTC Plymouth (0.7 miles), Devonport High School for Boys (0.8 miles), Millbay Academy (1.1 miles) and Torpoint Community College (1.4 miles).