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Ernesettle Community School

2–11Ages
587Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142545URN

Biggin Hill, Ernesettle, Plymouth, PL5 2RB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded OutstandingNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.3 below Plymouth median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Plymouth

105 applications for 73 places · 52nd of 58 in Plymouth

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

82%met the expected standard

Plymouth 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded OutstandingNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 19 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

8 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
19 November 2019
Graded inspection: Outstanding

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

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Plymouth median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

105 applications · 73 places offered · 71 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.4; Plymouth median median 1.8
2025 1.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
2024 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.0
2023 1.6; Plymouth median median 2.1
2022 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.0
2021 1.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
2020 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.0
2019 1.8; Plymouth median median 2.1
2018 1.6; Plymouth median median 2.1
2017 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.2
2016 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.2
2015 1.4; Plymouth median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Plymouth median in 0 of 11 years.

This school
Plymouth median

Dashed bars: as Ernesettle Community School (URN 134802), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	73	105	1.4	71	0.97
Sep 2025	69	101	1.5	66	0.96
Sep 2024	59	86	1.5	58	0.98
Sep 2023	69	109	1.6	64	0.93
Sep 2022	75	147	2.0	89	1.19
Sep 2021	75	109	1.5	73	0.97
Sep 2020	74	113	1.5	71	0.96
Sep 2019	60	108	1.8	77	1.28
Sep 2018	60	97	1.6	69	1.15
Sep 2017	60	87	1.5	67	1.12
Sep 2016	60	102	1.7	68	1.13
Sep 2015 *	56	77	1.4	54	0.96
Sep 2014 *	44	61	1.4	43	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 85% · Writing 83% · Maths 82% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard82%7th of 65 in Plymouth

Plymouth 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard85%

Plymouth 76% England 78%

Higher standard63%

Plymouth 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Plymouth 74% England 75%

Greater depth18%

Plymouth 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard82%

Plymouth 75% England 77%

Higher standard37%

Plymouth 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Plymouth median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	82%	8%	109	106
2023/24	81%	10%	108	106
2022/23	81%	9%	107	106

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

Ernesettle Community SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Knowle Primary School
0.5 km · Plymouth

2026

1.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy
0.8 km · Plymouth

Standards maintained2025

4.0applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School
0.9 km · Plymouth

Remains Good2022

1.7applications per place
St Peter's RC Primary School
1.2 km · Plymouth

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Marine Academy Primary
1.3 km · Plymouth

Outstanding2022

1.7applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
Shakespeare Primary School
1.4 km · Plymouth

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Woodfield Primary School
1.6 km · Plymouth

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Victoria Road Primary
1.8 km · Plymouth

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard

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: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142545 · 879/3767
Trust: The Inspire Multi Academy Trust (SOUTH West)
Capacity: 525 pupils · 587 on roll
Free school meals: 31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 January 2016
Replaced: Ernesettle Community School (URN 134802)
Address: Biggin Hill, Ernesettle, Plymouth, PL5 2RB
Local authority: Plymouth

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