Leigham Primary School

Leigham Primary School is a warm and nurturing school where strong relationships and high expectations help pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to achieve well. Pupils behave sensibly and respectfully, classrooms are calm and purposeful, and successful work with families has improved attendance and reduced frequent absence. Reading is central to the curriculum, with consistent phonics teaching and strong early language support from the early years.

Strengths

• Warm, nurturing culture with strong relationships between staff, pupils and families.
• High expectations for achievement, including for pupils with SEND, help pupils achieve well.
• Pupils behave sensibly and respectfully, with calm and purposeful classrooms.
• Reading is central, with consistent phonics teaching and strong early language support.
• Pupils develop a passion for reading through high-quality texts and engaging initiatives.
• Exceptional personal development programme focused on mental health, wellbeing and leadership.
• Strong careers education and preparation for life in modern Britain.
• Highly effective leadership, governance and trust support.
• Staff access high-quality training and feel well supported in their wellbeing.
• Successful strategies have improved attendance and reduced frequent absence.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, strategies to embed learning in pupils’ long-term memory are underdeveloped.
• Some pupils struggle to recall important knowledge over time in these subjects.
• The trust should ensure appropriate recall strategies are used consistently across all subjects.

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 Leigham Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Leigham 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 Leigham Primary School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.3% 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, 17.6% of pupils at Leigham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Leigham Primary School received £6,668 and spent £6,560 for each of its 384 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £67,000 (£173 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Connect Academy Trust, income was £6,766 and spending £6,801 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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Leigham Primary School is part of Connect Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Thornbury Primary School Plymouth
• Eggbuckland Vale Primary School Plymouth
• Widey Court Primary School Plymouth
• Manadon Vale Primary School Plymouth
• Haytor View Community Primary School Newton Abbot
• Preston Primary School Torquay
• Cockington Primary School Torquay
• Eden Park Primary & Nursery School Brixham

What is Leigham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Leigham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Leigham Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Leigham Primary School have?

Leigham Primary School has 374 pupils on roll.

What age range does Leigham Primary School cover?

Leigham Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leigham Primary School?

Leigham Primary School is at Cockington Close, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8RF.