Stuart Road Primary Academy

Stuart Road Primary Academy is performing at a strong standard overall, with pupils achieving well above national averages in key stage 2 national test results in reading, writing, and mathematics. The school has demonstrated effective leadership and has implemented a positive culture around safeguarding. Inclusion is a notable strength, with a skilled approach to identifying and supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school environment fosters a sense of safety and belonging among the students, emphasizing the importance of well-being in their learning journey.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well with strong progress relative to their starting points.
• Disadvantaged pupils also achieve very well compared to national averages.
• Effective phonics teaching leads to outcomes above national averages in early years.
• Robust tracking of pupils' learning helps address gaps quickly.
• High-quality support for pupils with SEND, ensuring access to the curriculum.
• Positive and safe learning environment fostering well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Persistence absence remains a priority that needs further improvement.
• Some variations in the quality of adult interactions in early years affect language development.

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 Stuart Road Primary Academy attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.9% 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 Stuart Road 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 Stuart Road Primary Academy had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 17.3% of pupils at Stuart Road Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Stuart Road Primary Academy received £7,302 and spent £8,095 for each of its 186 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £118,000 (-£634 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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All schools in Plymouth · Plymouth local authority: places and applications

Stuart Road Primary Academy is part of Reach South Academy Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Stuart Road Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stuart Road Primary Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Stuart Road Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Stuart Road Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Stuart Road Primary Academy have?

Stuart Road Primary Academy has 185 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stuart Road Primary Academy cover?

Stuart Road Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Stuart Road Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Stuart Road Primary Academy?

Stuart Road Primary Academy is at Palmerston Street, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5LL.