Wembury Primary School, Plymouth

Ofsted's report card from its 31 March 2026 inspection grades Wembury Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "On the whole, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Generally, leaders have an accurate and informed view of pupils' attendance as well as their behaviour and attitudes to learning."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from an ambitious and well-planned curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that the early years is prioritised, helping children get off to a positive start at school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Staff are swift to identify those pupils who may have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) as well as pupils who are disadvantaged."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "School and trust leaders have a clear understanding of the context of the school and the needs of its community."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's provision for pupils' personal development and wellbeing is well planned."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the newly introduced approaches to spelling and handwriting, including letter formation, are consistently embedded across all subjects. They should make suitable checks to be assured that these changes are having the intended impact"; "Leaders should ensure that staff use appropriate checks on pupils' learning to inform and adapt subsequent teaching consistently well, so that pupils achieve highly across all subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that staff consistently apply the school's approach to behaviour management in order to support pupils to reach the school's behaviour expectations"; "Leaders should further tailor the personal development programme so that all pupils have access to, and participate in, a wide range of high-quality experiences beyond the taught curriculum".

In its own words: "We are a warm, caring school where achievement is outstanding. We want our children to feel safe, secure and valued in an atmosphere which enables them to fulfil their true potential and instil 'learning for life.' We provide a wide range of opportunities for friendship, teamwork, music, theatre, laughter, sport and the academics."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care until 6:00pm, from £8.00 per session.

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at Wembury Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Devon and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 85% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Wembury Primary School as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 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 Wembury Primary School are Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 94% reading, 94% maths); Goosewell Primary Academy (2 miles, Good, 86% reading, 74% maths); St Mary's Church of England Primary School (2.1 miles, Outstanding, 100% reading, 100% maths); and Elburton Primary School (2.2 miles, Outstanding, 85% reading, 89% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Wembury Primary School.

Wembury Primary School is one of 31 schools run by Westcountry Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

59 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wembury Primary School (as of April 2026): 80% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 36% 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) (36%).

5.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 29 pupils (14.9%) received SEN support and 4 (2.1%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Wembury Primary School had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Wembury Primary School.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Odd Wheel (opposite), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wembury Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 6 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Devon (16).

In 2024/25, Wembury Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.