Hooe Primary Academy

Hooe Primary Academy is recognized as a good school, maintaining a strong focus on high expectations and a supportive learning environment. Pupils display enthusiasm for learning and are engaged in a well-structured curriculum that caters to their needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school fosters a positive atmosphere where mutual respect is emphasized, leading to very few incidents of bullying. Given the recent challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the leadership has made commendable efforts to ensure educational continuity and personal development for all students.

Strengths

• Pupils are enthusiastic about their learning and work hard.
• Strong start for children in early years, preparing them well for future learning.
• High expectations and ambition for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Positive relationships based on mutual respect between staff and pupils.
• Effective phonics teaching leading to confident reading among older pupils.
• Diverse range of clubs and opportunities for personal development.
• Well-planned support from the academy trust enhances leadership effectiveness.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND do not gain knowledge and skills securely before moving on.
• Curriculum in a few subjects does not deepen subject-specific knowledge sufficiently over time.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hooe Primary Academy attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.5% of pupils at Hooe Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hooe Primary Academy had 24.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.1% of pupils at Hooe Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hooe Primary Academy received £6,752 and spent £6,525 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £203,000 (£983 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Learning Academies Trust, income was £7,222 and spending £6,990 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Hooe Primary Academy is part of Learning Academies Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Pomphlett Primary School Plymouth
• Prince Rock Primary School Plymouth
• Salisbury Road Primary School Plymouth
• Mount Street Primary School Plymouth
• Elburton Primary School Plymouth
• High View School Plymouth
• Hyde Park Infants' School Plymouth
• Hyde Park Junior School Plymouth
• Mount Wise Community Primary School Plymouth
• Ford Primary School Plymouth

What is Hooe Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hooe Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Hooe Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hooe Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Hooe Primary Academy have?

Hooe Primary Academy has 212 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hooe Primary Academy cover?

Hooe Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hooe Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hooe Primary Academy?

Hooe Primary Academy is at Hooe Road, Hooe, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9RG.