Glen Park Primary School

Glen Park Primary School has achieved an 'Outstanding' rating in its recent Ofsted inspection, reflecting exceptional performance across several key areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school's motto of 'Success for all, through learning together' is vividly realized as pupils show a strong desire to learn and take pride in their work. Their resilience and motivation are nurtured by the supportive school environment, which also actively promotes well-being initiatives such as a well-being garden.

Strengths

• Pupils have a strong love for learning and ambition for their future.
• Leaders adapt the curriculum effectively to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Teachers promote a strong reading culture and a wide range of engaging literature.
• Pupils demonstrate high levels of behaviour, mutual respect, and understanding of fairness.
• The school provides excellent support for mental health and well-being.

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 Glen Park Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Glen Park 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 Glen Park Primary School had 27.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.5% 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, 12.4% of pupils at Glen Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Glen Park Primary School received £5,691 and spent £5,727 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £381,000 (£914 per pupil).

Across all 31 schools of Westcountry Schools Trust, income was £7,571 and spending £7,467 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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Glen Park Primary School is part of Westcountry Schools Trust, which runs 31 schools. The nearest others:

• Chaddlewood Primary School Plymouth
• Plympton St Maurice Primary School Plymouth
• Boringdon Primary School Plymouth
• Hele's School Plymouth
• Woodford Primary School Plymouth
• Sherford Vale School & Nursery Sherford
• Plymstock School Plymouth
• Morley Meadow Primary School Plymouth
• Coombe Dean School Plymouth
• Yealmpton Primary School Plymouth

What is Glen Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Glen Park Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Glen Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Glen Park Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Glen Park Primary School have?

Glen Park Primary School has 461 pupils on roll.

What age range does Glen Park Primary School cover?

Glen Park Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Glen Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Glen Park Primary School?

Glen Park Primary School is at Glen Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 2DE.