Knowle Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Plymouth, PL5 3QG
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Shakespeare Primary School
400 Honicknowle Lane, Honicknowle, Plymouth, PL5 3JU
Local ranking23rd of 69 primary schools in Plymouth
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 50.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 99.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 54
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 398
- Boys
- 200 (50%)
- Girls
- 198 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (95% full)
- SEND
- 23.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.8%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 19.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,727/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.3%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Asian Indian: 3.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
85.3%
White British
3.5%
White Other
3.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
400 Honicknowle Lane
Plymouth, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 145658
- UKPRN
- 10067259
- Establishment No.
- 3775
- Trust
- LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST
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