St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy, Plymouth
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Budeaux creates a warm, nurturing environment where children thrive both academically and personally. The school excels at supporting all learners, particularly those with additional needs, and provides exciting enrichment activities that develop teamwork and resilience. Children are happy, feel safe, and benefit from a broad curriculum taught by knowledgeable teachers.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with a popular new library and effective phonics programme
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND through individualised targets and early identification
- Teachers have secure subject knowledge, particularly strong in religious education and science
- Nurturing environment with kind and respectful pupils
- Effective transition support for younger children joining the school and Year 6 pupils moving to secondary
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils sometimes do not secure basic letter formation, handwriting and spelling skills before moving to more complex tasks
- Staff do not always have consistently high expectations to correct errors and ensure foundational skills are fluent
- Pupils' overall attendance is too low with too many persistently absent, leading to significant gaps in learning
- School strategies to improve attendance are not having enough impact
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Cookery, junior field gun, various sporting clubs, soap box-style car building and racing, university challenges including design activities
St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy has successfully maintained the standards from its previous inspection. The school is ambitious for pupils' achievement and creates a nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and safe.
At a Glance
31.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
12 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 69%. Maths has declined from 69% to 50%. Writing has declined from 72% to 65%.
Class Sizes
18.8
Avg class size
4
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
23%
Available places
55 pupils
240 capacity
185 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Plymouth
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Plymouth
Admissions Demand - Plymouth
Places available
3,262
Applications
2,358
Got 1st preference
96.8%
Got preferred school
99.6%
Primary admissions across Plymouth (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
9.66704%
Overall absence
26.31579%
Persistent absence
76
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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