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St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–7AcademyChurch of England

Plymouth, PL7 1QW · Plymouth local authority

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

Getting in
21/21
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
85 pupils
47% of its 180 places
Free school meals
10%
10 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 85 pupils for 180 places
  • 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (21 of 21)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PL7 1) sold for a median £253,000; Plymouth’s is £222,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School?

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

21
families put it first for September 2026
23
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. St Christopher'S C of E (Primary) Multi Academy 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
St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery
0.91 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

95 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
11.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

No letter for St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Graded inspection: Good, November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School

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

Home prices in PL7 1, the school’s postcode sector

Plymouth property prices →
£253,000
median sale, 421 sales in 36 months · Plymouth £222,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025PL7 1Plymouth
PL7 1Plymouth

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£390K
Semi-detached
£253K
Terraced
£220K
Flat
£200K
PL7 1Plymouth

Homes in PL7 1 sell for a little over 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

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−B−A−BB+AA+B−ASt Mary's Priory CofE Infan…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Plymouth, PL7 1QW

St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School?

For September 2026, 21 families put St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 23 places were offered in all.

What is St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).

How much do houses cost near St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, PL7 1, sold for a median £253,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (421 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.