Morice Town Primary Academy

Morice Town Primary Academy has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a grade of Requires Improvement to Good across all areas. The school provides a nurturing and supportive environment where pupils feel safe and proud to be part of the community. Leaders have high expectations regarding behaviour and have established a well-sequenced curriculum that builds effectively on prior knowledge. However, there are still areas within the curriculum that require further development to ensure all subjects meet the same high standards.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between leaders, pupils, and families
• High expectations for pupil behaviour leading to a calm and orderly environment
• Effective early years provision fostering independent learning
• Reading is prioritized, with well-trained staff and good resources
• Well-structured mathematics curriculum that builds confidence in number facts
• Effective personal, social, and health education curriculum

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent curriculum development in some subjects leading to gaps in knowledge
• Poor attendance among some pupils impacting their learning

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 Morice Town Primary Academy attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.2% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Morice Town 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 Morice Town Primary Academy had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 17.5% of pupils at Morice Town Primary Academy 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

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 Morice Town Primary Academy received £8,354 and spent £8,286 for each of its 182 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £200,000 (£1,101 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Reach South Academy Trust, income was £10,522 and spending £10,515 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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Morice Town Primary Academy is part of Reach South Academy Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• UTC Plymouth Plymouth
• Drake Primary Academy Plymouth
• Marlborough Primary Academy Plymouth
• Stoke Damerel Primary Academy Plymouth
• Stuart Road Primary Academy Plymouth
• High Street Primary Academy Plymouth
• Millbay Academy Plymouth
• Pilgrim Primary Academy Plymouth
• Mount Tamar School Plymouth
• Courtlands School Plymouth

What is Morice Town Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Morice Town Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Morice Town Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Morice Town Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Morice Town Primary Academy have?

Morice Town Primary Academy has 177 pupils on roll.

What age range does Morice Town Primary Academy cover?

Morice Town Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Morice Town Primary Academy?

Morice Town Primary Academy is at Charlotte Street, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 1RJ.