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Victoria Road Primary

2–11Ages
172Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145654URN

Trelawney Avenue, St Budeaux, Plymouth, PL5 1RH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 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

1.7per place

close to Plymouth median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Plymouth

27 applications for 16 places · 34th of 58 in Plymouth

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

44%met the expected standard

Plymouth 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 21 January 2025Ofsted'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

21 January 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
12 January 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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)

27 applications · 16 places offered · 15 named it first

2026 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.8
2025 1.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
2024 1.4; Plymouth median median 2.0
2023 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.1
2022 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.0
2021 2.1; Plymouth median median 1.9
2020 3.2; Plymouth median median 2.0
2019 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.1
2018 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
2017 2.3; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
2016 2.6; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 3.6; Plymouth median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 2.7; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school

This school
Plymouth median

Dashed bars: as Victoria Road Primary School (URN 113289), 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	16	27	1.7	15	0.94
Sep 2025	20	30	1.5	19	0.95
Sep 2024	25	36	1.4	25	1.00
Sep 2023	16	33	2.1	15	0.94
Sep 2022	20	38	1.9	19	0.95
Sep 2021	19	40	2.1	18	0.95
Sep 2020	16	51	3.2	16	1.00
Sep 2019	25	62	2.5	22	0.88
Sep 2018 *	30	63	2.1	32	1.07
Sep 2017 *	24	56	2.3	23	0.96
Sep 2016 *	28	73	2.6	28	1.00
Sep 2015 *	20	72	3.6	19	0.95
Sep 2014 *	30	82	2.7	38	1.27

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 56% · Writing 72% · Maths 64% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%61st of 65 in Plymouth

Plymouth 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard56%

Plymouth 76% England 78%

Higher standard20%

Plymouth 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Plymouth 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Plymouth 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard64%

Plymouth 75% England 77%

Higher standard4%

Plymouth 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	44%	0%	100	102
2023/24	50%	0%	100	101
2022/23	21%	0%	101	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

Victoria Road PrimaryThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School
0.2 km · Plymouth

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Marine Academy Primary
0.6 km · Plymouth

Outstanding2022

1.7applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
Riverside Community Primary School
0.8 km · Plymouth

Remains Good2023

1.1applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School
0.9 km · Plymouth

Remains Good2022

1.7applications per place
Weston Mill Community Primary Academy
1.0 km · Plymouth

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy
1.0 km · Plymouth

Standards maintained2025

4.0applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School
1.6 km · Plymouth

Standards maintained2024

1.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Mayflower Academy
1.6 km · Plymouth

Remains Outstanding2023

1.9applications per place 84%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145654 · 879/2660
Trust: Learning Academies Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 172 on roll
Free school meals: 56.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2018
Replaced: Victoria Road Primary School (URN 113289)
Address: Trelawney Avenue, St Budeaux, Plymouth, PL5 1RH
Local authority: Plymouth

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