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Beechwood Primary Academy

3–11Ages
249Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143311URN

31 Rockfield Avenue, Southway, Plymouth, PL6 6DX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

0.6 below Plymouth median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Plymouth

33 applications for 27 places · 55th of 58 in Plymouth

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

34%met the expected standard

Plymouth 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 8 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

8 October 2024
Graded inspection, no overall grade
18 September 2019
Ungraded inspection: School remains 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

1.2applications per place, Reception

0.6 below Plymouth median (1.8) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

33 applications · 27 places offered · 21 named it first

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

2026 1.2; Plymouth median median 1.8
2025 1.6; Plymouth median median 1.9
2024 2.4; Plymouth median median 2.0
2023 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.1
2022 1.3; Plymouth median median 2.0
2021 1.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
2020 1.4; Plymouth median median 2.0
2019 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.1
2018 1.6; Plymouth median median 2.1
2017 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.2
2016 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 1.8; Plymouth median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Plymouth median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Plymouth median

Dashed bars: as Beechwood Primary School (URN 135145), 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	27	33	1.2	21	0.78
Sep 2025	22	34	1.6	19	0.86
Sep 2024	18	44	2.4	17	0.94
Sep 2023	35	51	1.5	35	1.00
Sep 2022	46	60	1.3	42	0.91
Sep 2021	40	59	1.5	36	0.90
Sep 2020	45	63	1.4	42	0.93
Sep 2019	43	66	1.5	42	0.98
Sep 2018	45	72	1.6	44	0.98
Sep 2017	60	101	1.7	61	1.02
Sep 2016 *	60	103	1.7	63	1.05
Sep 2015 *	59	107	1.8	61	1.03
Sep 2014 *	60	99	1.7	66	1.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 42% · Writing 52% · Maths 58% → all three 34% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard34%64th of 65 in Plymouth

Plymouth 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard42%

Plymouth 76% England 78%

Higher standard20%

Plymouth 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard52%

Plymouth 74% England 75%

Greater depth2%

Plymouth 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard58%

Plymouth 75% England 77%

Higher standard18%

Plymouth 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (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	34%	2%	98	101
2023/24	42%	0%	101	101
2022/23	63%	0%	103	100

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

Beechwood Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.2applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
Oakwood Primary Academy
0.8 km · Plymouth

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Whitleigh Community Primary School
1.3 km · Plymouth

Remains Good2022
Widewell Primary Academy
1.3 km · Plymouth

2026

2.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Woodfield Primary School
1.5 km · Plymouth

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and Nursery
1.6 km · Plymouth

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.1applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
St Peter's RC Primary School
1.9 km · Plymouth

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy
2.3 km · Plymouth

Good2022

1.7applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School
2.3 km · Devon

Good2023

1.4applications per place 78%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: 143311 · 879/3770
Trust: Discovery Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 249 on roll
Free school meals: 45.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2016
Replaced: Beechwood Primary School (URN 135145)
Address: 31 Rockfield Avenue, Southway, Plymouth, PL6 6DX
Local authority: Plymouth

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