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Lipson Vale Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 393Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 113298URN

Bernice Terrace, Lipson, Plymouth, PL4 7HW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Plymouth median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Plymouth

75 applications for 44 places · 33rd of 58 in Plymouth
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
59%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 24 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 15 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
close to Plymouth median (1.8) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

75 applications · 44 places offered · 41 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.8; Plymouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.8; Plymouth median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.2
  12. 2015 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Plymouth median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Plymouth median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202644751.7410.93
Sep 202551931.8480.94
Sep 202450871.7460.92
Sep 2023591152.0641.08
Sep 2022511102.2420.82
Sep 2021591041.8611.03
Sep 202053921.7460.87
Sep 2019601242.1611.02
Sep 2018601161.9500.83
Sep 2017531011.9480.91
Sep 2016601312.2540.90
Sep 2015601192.0590.98
Sep 201459991.7540.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 69% · Writing 79% · Maths 67% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%41st of 65 in Plymouth
Reading
Expected standard69%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard16%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Plymouth median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2559%3%104102
2023/2451%2%103101
2022/2342%4%102102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
113298 · 879/2671
Capacity
420 pupils · 393 on roll
Free school meals
24.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Bernice Terrace, Lipson, Plymouth, PL4 7HW
Local authority
Plymouth

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources