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Oakwood Primary Academy

URN
143305
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Oakwood Primary Academy
URN
143305
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

38 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

26

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

28

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
24 November 2024
Inspection date
15 October 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 24 November 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Requires improvement

    Graded 24 November 2024

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

20

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

60

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

20

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Plymouth
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Plymouth)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.oakwood-primary.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Plymouth to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

59.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

71.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

59.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

49.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

PL6 6QS - Pendeen Crescent, Southway, Plymouth, Devon

Contact details

Address
Pendeen Crescent, Southway, Plymouth, Devon
Postcode
PL6 6QS
Phone
1752775478
Website
www.oakwood-primary.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Plymouth
Local authority code
879

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Plymouth.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

107

Closed schools

145

Primary schools

162

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 24 November 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 24 November 2024

  • Early years

    Requires improvement

    Graded 24 November 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    24 November 202415 October 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 24 November 2024
    • Inspection

      Published
      24 November 2024
      Inspected
      15 October 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    33.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 20

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    49

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary162 (64.8%)
    • Secondary49 (19.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other39 (15.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Langley Junior School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Oakwood Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Langley Community Infants' School32 mPrimaryClosed
    Widewell Primary School509 mPrimaryClosed
    Widewell Primary Academy509 mPrimaryOpen
    Beechwood Primary Academy808 mPrimaryOpen
    Beechwood Primary School808 mPrimaryClosed
    Southway Community College824 mSecondaryClosed
    Notre Dame RC School979 mSecondaryOpen
    Notre Dame RC School979 mSecondaryClosed
    • Langley Junior School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Oakwood Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Langley Community Infants' School
      Distance
      32 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Widewell Primary School
      Distance
      509 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

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    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Plymouth)

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    Beechwood Primary AcademyPrimaryPL6 6DXOpen
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    • Barne Barton Community School
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    • Beechwood Primary Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
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    • Beechwood Primary School
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    Distance
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    Phase
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    Status
    Open
  • Beechwood Primary Academy
    Distance
    808 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Beechwood Primary School
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    Phase
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    Status
    Closed
  • Southway Community College
    Distance
    824 m
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  • Notre Dame RC School
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