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Mount Wise Community Primary School
C−

Mount Wise Community Primary School

PrimaryAges 2–11Academy

Plymouth, PL1 4LA · Plymouth local authority

Plymouth’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of towns in England

Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Its letter
18%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
15/15
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
248 pupils
101% of its 246 places
Free school meals
46%
46 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Mount Wise Community Primary School

  • Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 18% of England’s primary schools
  • 50% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12 points below England’s schools
  • 46% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, April 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (15 of 15)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PL1 4) sold for a median £164,500; Plymouth’s is £222,500

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 50%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 18% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Plymouth avg 62%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Mount Wise Community Primary 50%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 102, maths 99 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading59%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)56%
England’s schools 73%
Maths51%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling59%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 24 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
42%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
60%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three3%
England’s schools 8% · Plymouth 7% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Mount Wise Community Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

15
families put it first for September 2026
16
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Learning Academies Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Plymouth council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Plymouth, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.60 per place
63% got their first choice
1.48 per place
67% got their first choice
1.37 per place
71% got their first choice
1.34 per place
72% got their first choice
1.31 per place
75% got their first choice
1.17 per place
86% got their first choice
1.17 per place
86% got their first choice
1.15 per place
87% got their first choice
1.15 per place
84% got their first choice
Mount Wise Community Primary
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice

Plymouth and Plymouth, side by side

2023–2025

All 66 graded primaries in Plymouth. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Plymouth’s schools are coloured by their letter.

30%41%52%63%74%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Mount Wise Community
ABCDElsewhere in PlymouthMount Wise Community Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Glen Park Primary SchoolA+12%86%
Mayflower AcademyA40%82%
Tor Bridge Primary SchoolA28%82%
Marine Academy PrimaryA22%81%
Ernesettle Community SchoolA31%81%
Chaddlewood Primary SchoolA15%80%
Elburton Primary SchoolA5%78%
Woodford Primary SchoolA11%78%
Compton CofE Primary SchoolA7%77%
Hooe Primary AcademyA10%76%
Manadon Vale Primary SchoolA−12%75%
Riverside Community Primary SchoolA−52%74%
Prince Rock Primary SchoolA−32%74%
Widey Court Primary SchoolA−12%73%
Stuart Road Primary AcademyA−31%73%
High View SchoolA−32%73%
St Edward's CofE Primary SchoolA−9%72%
Salisbury Road Primary SchoolA−26%72%
St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary SchoolA−23%71%
Pomphlett Primary SchoolA−12%71%
Boringdon Primary SchoolB+8%69%
Morley Meadow Primary SchoolB+18%69%
High Street Primary AcademyB+55%68%
Keyham Barton Catholic Primary SchoolB35%67%
St Mary's Priory Junior SchoolB13%66%
Leigham Primary SchoolB26%66%
Goosewell Primary AcademyB12%66%
Millbay AcademyB56%66%
Yealmpstone Farm Primary SchoolB−19%63%
Mount Street Primary SchoolB−36%63%
Knowle Primary SchoolB−54%62%
Pennycross Primary SchoolB−27%61%
Plympton St Maurice Primary SchoolB−19%61%
Drake Primary AcademyB−45%61%
Stoke Damerel Primary AcademyB−23%61%
Shakespeare Primary SchoolC+47%60%
Hyde Park Junior SchoolC+13%60%
College Road Primary SchoolC+21%59%
St George's CofE Primary AcademyC+29%59%
St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery AcademyC+7%59%
Morice Town Primary AcademyC+45%59%
Pilgrim Primary AcademyC+38%59%
Widewell Primary AcademyC+17%58%
Eggbuckland Vale Primary SchoolC+14%58%
Woodfield Primary SchoolC48%57%
Laira Green Primary SchoolC43%56%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolC24%56%
Ford Primary SchoolC42%56%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolC52%56%
Montpelier Primary SchoolC18%55%
Oreston Community AcademyC10%54%
Austin Farm AcademyC49%54%
St Budeaux CofE Primary AcademyC31%54%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolC−16%53%
Marlborough Primary AcademyC−47%53%
Lipson Vale Primary SchoolC−25%51%
Mount Wise Community Primary SchoolC−46%50%
Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and NurseryC−18%49%
Oakwood Primary AcademyC−36%48%
Beechwood Primary AcademyD46%46%
Thornbury Primary SchoolD14%45%
The Cathedral School of St MaryD52%42%
Victoria Road PrimaryD−56%38%
St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolD−38%35%
Weston Mill Community Primary AcademyD−53%35%
St Peter's RC Primary SchoolD−48%34%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

258 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
15.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
20.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
52.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

Mount Wise Community Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C−Better than 18% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, April 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Mount Wise Community Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PL1 4, the school’s postcode sector

Plymouth property prices →
£164,500
median sale, 284 sales in 36 months · Plymouth £222,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025PL1 4Plymouth
PL1 4Plymouth

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£139K
Terraced
£225K
Flat
£146K
PL1 4Plymouth

Homes in PL1 4 sell for well under Plymouth’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBC−C+A−A+DC+BCDB+C−C+C+B−B−A−CDCC−Mount Wise Community Primar…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Plymouth, PL1 4LA

Mount Wise Community Primary School: common questions

Is Mount Wise Community Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 18% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 50% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, April 2022.

How hard is it to get into Mount Wise Community Primary School?

For September 2026, 15 families put Mount Wise Community Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 16 places were offered in all.

What is Mount Wise Community Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2022).

How much do houses cost near Mount Wise Community Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, PL1 4, sold for a median £164,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (284 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Plymouth’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.