St Mary's Priory Junior SchoolBoringdon Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Plymouth.

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Priory Junior School and Boringdon Primary School are primary schools in Plymouth.

  • St Mary's Priory Junior School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Boringdon Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Boringdon Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Priory Junior School was judged Good and Boringdon Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 65.0% for St Mary's Priory Junior School and 78.0% for Boringdon Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Mary's Priory Junior School (60.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Boringdon Primary School (64.0% in 2022-23, 78.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's Priory Junior School versus Boringdon Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure PlymouthSt Mary's Priory Junior SchoolPlymouthBoringdon Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking35th of 68 in Plymouth 28th of 68 in Plymouth Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll149 386
Capacity240 418
LocationPlymouth, PL7 1QN Plymouth, PL7 4HJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard65.0% 78.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard9.0% 17.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census162 379
Free school meals (ever 6)18.5% 8.4%
English as an additional language1.9% 3.7%
SEN support16.7% 9.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.1% 1.6%
Attendance
Overall absence4.5% 3.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence8.4% 3.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Mary's Priory Junior School

Boringdon Primary School

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