OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
5 March 2025
Latest published outcome
Standards maintained
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Plymouth
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
429
429 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
212
49.4% of pupils
Male pupils
217
50.6% of pupils
18.3 pts
below England
School
6.5%
Plymouth
25.3%
South West
20.1%
England
24.8%
17.5 pts
below England
School
2.8%
Plymouth
11.0%
South West
10.7%
England
20.3%
1.6 pts
above England
School
2.6%
Plymouth
2.7%
South West
1.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
4.7%
20
Any other ethnic group
0.9%
4
Any other Mixed background
0.7%
3
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
15.2%
65 of
429 pupils
5.7 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
14.0%
60 pupils
England
14.8%
0.8 pts
below
EHC plans
1.2%
5 pupils
England
6.0%
4.9 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
21
Other difficulty or disability
19
Social, emotional & mental health
17
Moderate learning difficulty
2
Autistic spectrum disorder
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.22%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.99 pts
lower than
England
School
3.22%
Plymouth
6.71%
South West
6.20%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
3.67%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
12.14 pts
lower than
England
School
3.67%
Plymouth
17.83%
South West
15.08%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Plymouth
2.13%
South West
1.90%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
98.4%
10.2 pts
above England
Compton CofE Primary School
98.4%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.