Mount Street Primary School

Mount Street Primary School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' rating across all areas of inspection. Pupils thrive in a supportive and calm environment that upholds the values of the trust. A notable strength of the school is its inclusive approach, ensuring that all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), feel valued and engaged in their learning. Parents express high satisfaction with the school's impact on their children's safety and development. This is the school's first inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005, reflecting a strong start for the school community.

Strengths

• Strong pupils' behaviour with rare incidents of bullying.
• Effective leadership with high expectations for student achievement.
• Inclusive school environment that values all students.
• Commitment to personal and wider development of pupils.
• Passionate staff who promote a love of reading.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent subject knowledge among some teachers.
• Assessment practices are not always effective, particularly for mid-year admissions.

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 Mount Street Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Mount Street 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 Mount Street Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 15.4% of pupils at Mount Street Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Mount Street Primary School received £7,400 and spent £7,167 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £224,000 (£983 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

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

Mount Street Primary School is part of Learning Academies Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Salisbury Road Primary School Plymouth
• Hyde Park Infants' School Plymouth
• Hyde Park Junior School Plymouth
• Prince Rock Primary School Plymouth
• High View School Plymouth
• Ford Primary School Plymouth
• Hooe Primary Academy Plymouth
• Mount Wise Community Primary School Plymouth
• Mayflower Academy Plymouth
• Pomphlett Primary School Plymouth

What is Mount Street Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mount Street Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Mount Street Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mount Street Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Mount Street Primary School have?

Mount Street Primary School has 253 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mount Street Primary School cover?

Mount Street Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mount Street Primary School?

Mount Street Primary School is at Mount Street, Greenbank, Plymouth, PL4 8NZ.