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Morley Meadow Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 216Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144933URN

51 Encombe Street, Plymouth, PL9 7GN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.3 below Plymouth median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Plymouth

45 applications for 30 places · 49th of 58 in Plymouth
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
70%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 15 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 26 January 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
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Plymouth median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

45 applications · 30 places offered · 28 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Plymouth median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.4; Plymouth median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.2; Plymouth median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.4; Plymouth median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.1
  9. 2018 3.5; Plymouth median median 2.1
  10. 2017 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.3; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Plymouth median median 2.4; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.1; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Plymouth median

Dashed bars: as Dunstone Community Primary School (URN 113312), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630451.5280.93
Sep 202529481.7311.07
Sep 202427391.4260.96
Sep 202330652.2301.00
Sep 202226572.2210.81
Sep 202131682.2351.13
Sep 202028672.4260.93
Sep 201929632.2291.00
Sep 201821733.5200.95
Sep 2017 *30742.5280.93
Sep 2016 *25833.3240.96
Sep 2015 *29702.4210.72
Sep 2014 *22673.1160.73

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 70% · Maths 80% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%23rd of 65 in Plymouth
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard53%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard70%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard80%
Higher standard43%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Plymouth median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2570%10%107106
2023/2473%10%105106
2022/2364%16%107105

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
144933 · 879/2688
Trust
Westcountry Schools Trust
Capacity
244 pupils · 216 on roll
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Dunstone Community Primary School (URN 113312)
Address
51 Encombe Street, Plymouth, PL9 7GN
Local authority
Plymouth

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