Shakespeare Primary School
Plymouth, PL5 3JU · Plymouth local authority
Plymouth’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of towns in England
What stands out about Shakespeare Primary School
- Its own letter, C+: Key Stage 2 results better than 42% of England’s primary schools
- 47% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (34 of 34)
- Homes in its postcode sector (PL5 3) sold for a median £195,000; Plymouth’s is £222,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 60%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 42% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Plymouth avg 62%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 102, maths 99 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 28 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
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.
How hard is it to get a place at Shakespeare Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
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.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Plymouth and Plymouth, side by side
2023–2025All 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.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Park Primary School | A+ | 12% | 86% |
| Mayflower Academy | A | 40% | 82% |
| Tor Bridge Primary School | A | 28% | 82% |
| Marine Academy Primary | A | 22% | 81% |
| Ernesettle Community School | A | 31% | 81% |
| Chaddlewood Primary School | A | 15% | 80% |
| Elburton Primary School | A | 5% | 78% |
| Woodford Primary School | A | 11% | 78% |
| Compton CofE Primary School | A | 7% | 77% |
| Hooe Primary Academy | A | 10% | 76% |
| Manadon Vale Primary School | A− | 12% | 75% |
| Riverside Community Primary School | A− | 52% | 74% |
| Prince Rock Primary School | A− | 32% | 74% |
| Widey Court Primary School | A− | 12% | 73% |
| Stuart Road Primary Academy | A− | 31% | 73% |
| High View School | A− | 32% | 73% |
| St Edward's CofE Primary School | A− | 9% | 72% |
| Salisbury Road Primary School | A− | 26% | 72% |
| St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School | A− | 23% | 71% |
| Pomphlett Primary School | A− | 12% | 71% |
| Boringdon Primary School | B+ | 8% | 69% |
| Morley Meadow Primary School | B+ | 18% | 69% |
| High Street Primary Academy | B+ | 55% | 68% |
| Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School | B | 35% | 67% |
| St Mary's Priory Junior School | B | 13% | 66% |
| Leigham Primary School | B | 26% | 66% |
| Goosewell Primary Academy | B | 12% | 66% |
| Millbay Academy | B | 56% | 66% |
| Yealmpstone Farm Primary School | B− | 19% | 63% |
| Mount Street Primary School | B− | 36% | 63% |
| Knowle Primary School | B− | 54% | 62% |
| Pennycross Primary School | B− | 27% | 61% |
| Plympton St Maurice Primary School | B− | 19% | 61% |
| Drake Primary Academy | B− | 45% | 61% |
| Stoke Damerel Primary Academy | B− | 23% | 61% |
| Shakespeare Primary School | C+ | 47% | 60% |
| Hyde Park Junior School | C+ | 13% | 60% |
| College Road Primary School | C+ | 21% | 59% |
| St George's CofE Primary Academy | C+ | 29% | 59% |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy | C+ | 7% | 59% |
| Morice Town Primary Academy | C+ | 45% | 59% |
| Pilgrim Primary Academy | C+ | 38% | 59% |
| Widewell Primary Academy | C+ | 17% | 58% |
| Eggbuckland Vale Primary School | C+ | 14% | 58% |
| Woodfield Primary School | C | 48% | 57% |
| Laira Green Primary School | C | 43% | 56% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | C | 24% | 56% |
| Ford Primary School | C | 42% | 56% |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | C | 52% | 56% |
| Montpelier Primary School | C | 18% | 55% |
| Oreston Community Academy | C | 10% | 54% |
| Austin Farm Academy | C | 49% | 54% |
| St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy | C | 31% | 54% |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | C− | 16% | 53% |
| Marlborough Primary Academy | C− | 47% | 53% |
| Lipson Vale Primary School | C− | 25% | 51% |
| Mount Wise Community Primary School | C− | 46% | 50% |
| Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and Nursery | C− | 18% | 49% |
| Oakwood Primary Academy | C− | 36% | 48% |
| Beechwood Primary Academy | D | 46% | 46% |
| Thornbury Primary School | D | 14% | 45% |
| The Cathedral School of St Mary | D | 52% | 42% |
| Victoria Road Primary | D− | 56% | 38% |
| St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School | D− | 38% | 35% |
| Weston Mill Community Primary Academy | D− | 53% | 35% |
| St Peter's RC Primary School | D− | 48% | 34% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025398 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.
Girls and boys
Shakespeare Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
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.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), November 2024.
Living near Shakespeare Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in PL5 3, the school’s postcode sector
Plymouth property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in PL5 3 sell for a little 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
24 state schoolsLocation
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Shakespeare Primary School: common questions
Is Shakespeare Primary School a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 42% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C+), with 60% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024.
How hard is it to get into Shakespeare Primary School?
For September 2026, 34 families put Shakespeare Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 35 places were offered in all.
What is Shakespeare Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (November 2024).
How much do houses cost near Shakespeare Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, PL5 3, sold for a median £195,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (429 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.
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