Widey Court Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 615 pupils Plymouth
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Widey Court Primary School is an academy converter in Plymouth for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 615 pupils on roll. In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Widey Lane
Crownhill
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 5JS
Phone 01752773909
Reference Number 143309

General Makeup

Number of pupils 615
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.68%
Girls: 47.32%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 45 45 90
2 45 38 83
3 39 49 88
4 45 43 88
5 53 37 90
6 49 37 86

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.5%
White & Asian 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.5%
White, Other 1.1%
Indian 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1%
African 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 04 Feb 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Feb 2025 School inspection
14 May 2019 Short inspection
06 Sep 2016 Academy conversion letter
27 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Widey Court Primary School
17 Mar 2010 Full inspection:
16 Jun 2009 Monitoring visit
26 Nov 2008 Full inspection:
17 Oct 2005 Full inspection:
04 Dec 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 79%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.2
Writing 0.6
Maths 0.6

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 56 3
Third Preference 34 0
From another Local Authority 4 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Widey Court Primary School had 612 pupils for 630 places. 18 places (2.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “North Primary” planning area

Plymouth counted 483 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 437 in 2029–30, down 10%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 630630630630630630630630
Pupils 607575577613611611606612
Unfilled 3.7%8.7%8.4%2.7%3.0%3.0%3.8%2.9%

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 Widey Court Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.1%2.9%2.8%2.2%4.2%4.1%3.7%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%0.7%1.0%0.6%1.6%1.8%1.4%1.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.6%0.0%

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, 0.2% of pupils at Widey Court Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.80.00.30.30.50.00.00.20.2
Permanent exclusions 000000000

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 Widey Court Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.412.611.913.312.912.512.312.112.312.1
Teachers who left state teaching 8.3%10.9%9.4%10.6%2.9%1.6%5.7%3.9%8.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –59.4%62.1%–50.0%50.0%63.0%77.8%63.3%–
Sick days per teacher –7.517.5–1.53.43.63.92.0–

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, 20.8% of pupils at Widey Court Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 63 9
Social, emotional and mental health 37 1
Specific learning difficulty 18 2
Moderate learning difficulty 4 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 1 0

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 Widey Court Primary School received £5,903 and spent £6,017 for each of its 605 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £105,000 (£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

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £134,000£256,000£274,000£365,000£188,000£126,000£105,000
per pupil £233£430£446£603£312£210£173
In-year balance -£12,000£39,000£40,000£263,000£11,000-£103,000-£69,000
per pupil -£21£65£65£435£18-£171-£114

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.

Name Distance
Courtlands School
Widey Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS
0.14 miles
Manadon Vale Primary School
St Peter's Road, Manadon, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 3DL
0.41 miles
Eggbuckland Vale Primary School
Eggbuckland Vale Primary School, Charfield Drive, Charfield Drive, Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5PS
0.46 miles
St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy
1 Peregrine Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5FN
0.8 miles
Compton CofE Primary School
Higher Compton Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 5JB
0.81 miles
St Edward's CofE Primary School
Fort Austin Avenue, Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5ST
0.89 miles
King's School
Hartley Road, Mannamead, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 5LW
0.93 miles
Whitleigh Community Primary School
Lancaster Gardens, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 4AA
1.1 miles
Pennycross Primary School
Arden Grove, Pennycross, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 3RL
1.13 miles
Austin Farm Academy
Delamere Road, Eggbuckland, Austin Farm Academy, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5XQ
1.16 miles
Shakespeare Primary School
400 Honicknowle Lane, Honicknowle, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 3JU
1.27 miles
Plym Bridge Nursery School and Day Care
Miller Way, Plymouth, PL6 8UN
1.27 miles
Tor Bridge Primary School
Eden Valley Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8EE
1.34 miles
Hyde Park Junior School
Hyde Park Road, Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4RH
1.38 miles
Hyde Park Infants' School
Hyde Park Road, Mutley, Plymouth, PL3 4RS
1.38 miles
Montpelier Primary School
North Down Road, Beacon Park, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 3HN
1.43 miles
Leigham Primary School
Cockington Close, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8RF
1.44 miles
Thornbury Primary School
Miller Way, Estover, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8UL
1.45 miles
High View School
2 Torridge Way, Efford, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 6JQ
1.46 miles
Woodfield Primary School
Taunton Avenue, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 4HW
1.47 miles
Name Distance
St Boniface's RC College
21 Boniface Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 3AG
0.34 miles
Eggbuckland Community College
Westcott Close, Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5YB
0.39 miles
Notre Dame RC School
Looseleigh Lane, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5HN
1.16 miles
Sir John Hunt Community Sports College
Lancaster Gardens, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 4AA
1.21 miles
Woodlands School
Woodview Learning Community, Picklecombe Drive, Off Tamerton Foliot Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5ES
1.23 miles
All Saints Church of England Academy
Pennycross, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 3NE
1.29 miles
Cann Bridge School
23 Eden Valley Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8EE
1.31 miles
Devonport High School for Girls
Lyndhurst Road, Peverell, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 3DL
1.32 miles
Tor Bridge High
Miller Way, Estover, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8UN
1.35 miles
Plymouth College
1.43 miles
Brook Green Centre for Learning
Bodmin Road, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 4DZ
1.51 miles
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Bernice Terrace, Lipson, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7PG
1.66 miles
Plymouth High School for Girls
St Lawrence Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6HT
1.81 miles
Mill Ford School
Rochford Crescent, Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 2PY
2.08 miles
Marine Academy Plymouth
Trevithick Road, Plymouth, PL5 2AF
2.08 miles
Scott Medical and Healthcare College
Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD
2.11 miles
Stoke Damerel Community College
Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD
2.11 miles
Mount Tamar School
Row Lane, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 2EF
2.28 miles
Chapel Bridge School
99 Craigie Drive, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3JL
2.57 miles
Devonport High School for Boys
Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QP
2.57 miles

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Widey Court Primary School is part of Connect Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Widey Court Primary School have?

Widey Court Primary School has 615 pupils on roll.

What age range does Widey Court Primary School cover?

Widey Court Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Widey Court Primary School?

Widey Court Primary School is at Widey Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS.

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