Pomphlett Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 404 pupils Plymouth
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Pomphlett Primary School is an academy converter in Plymouth for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 404 pupils on roll. In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 26.5 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Howard Road
Plymstock
Plymouth
Devon
PL9 7ES
Phone 01752408966
Reference Number 143893

General Makeup

Number of pupils 404
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.49%
Girls: 48.51%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 28 23 51
2 31 26 57
3 30 24 54
4 25 30 55
5 27 29 56
6 28 28 56

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.1%
White, Other 2.2%
Unclassified 1.7%
Caribbean 1%
African 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 05 Apr 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
05 Apr 2022 School inspection
03 Nov 2017 Academy conversion letter
12 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Pomphlett Primary School
03 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
11 Sep 2007 Full inspection:
08 Jul 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 63%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

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 105
Maths 105

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 -0.1
Writing 2.1
Maths 2.4

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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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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 34 8
Third Preference 19 0
From another Local Authority 3 2

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Pomphlett Primary School had 389 pupils for 420 places. 31 places (7.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Plymstock Primary” planning area

Plymouth counted 250 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 225 in 2029–30, down 10%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 250250420420420420420
Pupils 256252293338384396389
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%30.2%19.5%8.6%5.7%7.4%

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 Pomphlett Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.1%3.3%2.1%5.3%3.5%3.6%3.5%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%1.4%0.8%1.4%1.5%1.5%1.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.4%0.4%2.0%1.2%0.3%1.1%

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, 1.0% of pupils at Pomphlett Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.73.20.81.71.96.0
Permanent exclusions 00000001

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 Pomphlett Primary School had 26.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.913.512.210.713.013.313.112.913.9
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%8.7%0.0%7.2%11.7%5.1%5.5%18.1%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 33.3%50.0%–31.6%50.0%47.4%63.2%44.4%–
Sick days per teacher 0.52.9–0.93.52.46.11.2–

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, 12.6% of pupils at Pomphlett Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 29 9
Social, emotional and mental health 13 2
Specific learning difficulty 3 2
Hearing impairment 4 0
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 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 Pomphlett Primary School received £6,234 and spent £6,045 for each of its 403 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £395,000 (£981 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Learning Academies Trust, income was £7,222 and spending £6,990 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920202021202220242025
Revenue reserve £178,000£171,000£134,000£259,000£303,000£395,000
per pupil £624£575£435£733£715£981
In-year balance £65,000£28,000-£77,000£54,000-£121,000£76,000
per pupil £227£95-£251£153-£285£189

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
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51 Encombe Street, Plymouth, PL9 7GN
0.29 miles
Oreston Community Academy
Oreston Road, Plymouth, PL9 7JY
0.66 miles
Goosewell Primary Academy
Goosewell Road, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9HD
0.82 miles
Prince Rock Primary School
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1.11 miles
Hooe Primary Academy
Hooe Road, Hooe, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9RG
1.25 miles
Elburton Primary School
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1.26 miles
Laira Green Primary School
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1.43 miles
Salisbury Road Primary School
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1.54 miles
Lipson Vale Primary School
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1.59 miles
Sherford Vale School & Nursery
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1.63 miles
High View School
2 Torridge Way, Efford, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 6JQ
1.67 miles
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
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1.79 miles
Mount Street Primary School
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1.98 miles
St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School
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2.11 miles
Woodford Primary School
Litchaton Way, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 4RR
2.13 miles
Austin Farm Academy
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2.15 miles
St Mary's Priory Junior School
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2.19 miles
Fletewood School and Nursery
88 North Road East, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6AN
2.25 miles
Plympton St Maurice Primary School
Plympton Hill, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 1UB
2.31 miles
Compton CofE Primary School
Higher Compton Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 5JB
2.38 miles
Name Distance
Plymstock School
Church Road, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9AZ
0.32 miles
Coombe Dean School
Charnhill Way, Elburton, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 8ES
1 miles
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Bernice Terrace, Lipson, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7PG
1.59 miles
Plymouth High School for Girls
St Lawrence Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6HT
2.13 miles
Hele's School
Seymour Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 4LT
2.18 miles
Plymouth College
2.38 miles
Plympton Academy
Moorland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 2RS
2.4 miles
Longcause Community Special School
Longcause, Plympton St Maurice, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 1JB
2.4 miles
Millbay Academy
22 Millbay Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3EG
2.69 miles
Eggbuckland Community College
Westcott Close, Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5YB
2.73 miles
Chapel Bridge School
99 Craigie Drive, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3JL
2.84 miles
Devonport High School for Boys
Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QP
3.11 miles
Stoke Damerel Community College
Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD
3.13 miles
Scott Medical and Healthcare College
Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD
3.13 miles
Cann Bridge School
23 Eden Valley Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8EE
3.18 miles
Tor Bridge High
Miller Way, Estover, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8UN
3.18 miles
Devonport High School for Girls
Lyndhurst Road, Peverell, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 3DL
3.21 miles
St Boniface's RC College
21 Boniface Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 3AG
3.34 miles
City College Plymouth
Kings Road, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QG
3.36 miles
UTC Plymouth
Park Avenue, Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4RL
3.76 miles

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How many pupils does Pomphlett Primary School have?

Pomphlett Primary School has 404 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pomphlett Primary School cover?

Pomphlett Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pomphlett Primary School?

Pomphlett Primary School is at Howard Road, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 7ES.

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