Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School

Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School has maintained effective standards since its last inspection, demonstrating a commitment to fostering a safe and supportive learning environment for its pupils. The school's curriculum is designed to be ambitious, allowing pupils to connect their learning to real-world contexts. Despite this, recent staffing challenges have affected the educational experience of younger pupils, resulting in some disruptions, particularly in phonics learning. However, the majority of pupils are successful in their achievements and show confidence in discussing their learning.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and well-cared for.
• The curriculum is ambitious and relevant to pupils' lives.
• Older pupils display purpose and high standards in their work.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, including collaborative work with external agencies.
• Strong focus on character development through trips and responsibilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Staff knowledge and expertise in phonics teaching is inconsistent.
• Expectations for younger pupils' behaviour are not consistently high enough.

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 Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% 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, 5.4% of pupils at Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School 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 Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 43.5% 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, 19.3% of pupils at Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% 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 Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School received £7,697 and spent £8,434 for each of its 148 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £309,000 (£2,089 per pupil).

Across all 34 schools of Plymouth Cast, income was £8,158 and spending £8,000 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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All schools in Plymouth · Plymouth local authority: places and applications

Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School is part of Plymouth Cast, which runs 34 schools. The nearest others:

• St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School Plymouth
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Plymouth
• The Cathedral School of St Mary Plymouth
• St Boniface's RC College Plymouth
• St Peter's RC Primary School Plymouth
• Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Plymouth
• Notre Dame RC School Plymouth
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast Buckfastleigh
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin Bodmin
• St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth Dartmouth

What is Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School have?

Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School has 145 pupils on roll.

What age range does Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School cover?

Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School?

Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School is at Renown Street, Keyham, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2DE.