Hyde Park Infants' School

Hyde Park Infants' School is a welcoming and inclusive school that has improved steadily since opening in 2023 as part of the Learning Academies Trust. Safeguarding standards are met, and the school has a strong, positive culture where pupils feel safe, belong and attend well. Attendance and behaviour are particular strengths, with attendance above national averages and persistent absence reduced below national averages. The early years provision is also strong, with a well-designed programme that builds language, early reading, writing and mathematics, and prepares children well for Year 1. Across the rest of the school, provision is generally at the expected standard. Phonics results are consistently above national averages, reading is prioritised, and pupils with SEND or English as an additional language are well supported. Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum and a thoughtful personal development programme, including leadership roles and a strong focus on wellbeing and diversity. The school's inclusive ethos is reflected in its School of Sanctuary status and its support for service families. Leaders have an accurate view of the school and are well supported by governance and the trust. However, some areas require sharper precision. Progress monitoring for pupils who face barriers to learning is not consistently accurate enough, and assessment information at the end of units is not always used effectively to adapt future learning. Wider curriculum recall is not yet consistent across all subjects or groups, and senior leaders need to continue developing the skills of other subject and phase leaders so that improvement is embedded across the school.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe and well supported.
• Attendance is consistently above national averages, including for pupils who previously found attending difficult.
• Persistent absence has reduced drastically and is below national averages.
• Behaviour is very positive, with calm classrooms, kind pupils and excellent learning behaviours.
• Early years provision has been significantly improved and is warm, stimulating and effective.
• Children in early years build strong vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading, writing and mathematics skills.
• Phonics screening results are consistently above national averages, with many pupils exceeding expected reading levels.
• Pupils with SEND and pupils with English as an additional language are well supported and make sound progress.
• The school is highly inclusive, welcoming and has achieved School of Sanctuary status.
• Pupils develop a secure sense of belonging and benefit from strong personal development and wellbeing provision.
• Leaders have a clear, accurate view of the school and are well supported by governance and the trust.
• Staff appreciate the professional development opportunities and the focus on their wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Progress monitoring for pupils who face barriers to learning sometimes lacks the precision needed to maximise their progress.
• Assessment information gathered at the end of units is not always used effectively to adapt future learning.
• Recall of wider curriculum knowledge is not yet consistent across all subjects and groups.
• Pupils do not consistently link current learning to prior learning across the wider curriculum.
• Senior leaders need to continue embedding and expanding the skills of other lead practitioners to ensure greater precision across all areas.

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 Hyde Park Infants' School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.6% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Hyde Park Infants' 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 Hyde Park Infants' School had 25.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.1% 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, 9.8% of pupils at Hyde Park Infants' School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Hyde Park Infants' School received £6,721 and spent £6,476 for each of its 214 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £209,000 (£978 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

Hyde Park Infants' School is part of Learning Academies Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Hyde Park Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hyde Park Infants' School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Hyde Park Infants' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hyde Park Infants' School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Hyde Park Infants' School have?

Hyde Park Infants' School has 194 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hyde Park Infants' School cover?

Hyde Park Infants' School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Hyde Park Infants' School?

Hyde Park Infants' School is at Hyde Park Road, Mutley, Plymouth, PL3 4RS.