Stuart Road Primary Academy, Plymouth

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Stuart Road Primary Academy on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well at Stuart Road."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders use a skilled and evidence-informed approach to identify pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and assess their needs."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders place a clear emphasis on attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Since the last inspection, leaders have improved the curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that children get off to the best possible start to their education."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are clear about the school's strengths and the priority areas that need further development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that a well-structured personal development curriculum is in place, including high-quality and age-appropriate relationships, sex and health education."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that children in the early years benefit from consistently high-quality interactions with staff that support their language development and learning fully"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching is consistent across all subjects so that pupils develop in-depth and embedded knowledge across all subject areas".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Stuart Road Primary Academy, a small single form school with a big community heart. At Stuart Road, we firmly believe that each and every pupil has the potential to flourish and grow academically, emotionally and socially, affording them with the tools to become the global citizens of the future."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 4:00pm.

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Stuart Road Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Plymouth and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 83% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Stuart Road Primary Academy as their first choice and 51 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 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 Stuart Road Primary Academy are The Cathedral School of St Mary (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 60% reading, 47% maths); Stoke Damerel Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 72% reading, 75% maths); Pilgrim Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 77% maths); and High Street Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 63% reading, 63% maths).

Stuart Road Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Stuart Road Primary Academy is one of 20 schools run by Reach South Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

32 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Stuart Road Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 84% would recommend the school, 81% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

In 2026, 32 pupils (17.3%) received SEN support and 3 (1.6%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Plymouth Rail Station, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Victoria Avenue (sw-bound), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1159 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, Stuart Road Primary Academy issued 2 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Stuart Road Primary Academy are Stoke Damerel Community College (0.3 miles), Scott Medical and Healthcare College (0.3 miles), Devonport High School for Boys (0.3 miles) and Millbay Academy (0.6 miles).