Mount Tamar School
Row Lane, Higher St Budeaux, Plymouth, PL5 2EF
This school is closed (it closed in February 2023).
It was replaced by Mount Tamar School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Bindon
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Plymouth, Moor View
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 110
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 113649
- Local authority
- Plymouth
About this school
Mount Tamar School was a community special school in Plymouth. It taught children aged 4 to 16 and had 100 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mount Tamar School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 18% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 93.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 88.0 |
| Reading progress | -7.10 |
| Writing progress | -4.90 |
| Maths progress | -10.70 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 24 |
| Attainment 8 score | 4.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.78 -3.37 to -2.19 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.3 |
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 72%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 25.3%
- Persistent absence
- 63.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mount Tamar School0.0 miles
Academies · Plymouth
-
Mill Ford School0.8 miles
Special schools · Plymouth
-
Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus0.9 miles
Independent schools · Plymouth
-
Brook Green Centre for Learning1.2 miles
Special schools · Plymouth
-
Woodlands School2.0 miles
Special schools · Plymouth
Other schools in Plymouth
- ACE Schools Plymouth Academies
- Brook Green Centre for Learning Special schools
- Cann Bridge School Special schools
- Chapel Bridge School Special schools
- Courtlands School Academies
- Longcause Community Special School Special schools
- Mill Ford School Special schools
- Mount Tamar School Academies
- Woodlands School Special schools
- Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care Nursery
- Plym Bridge Nursery School and Day Care Nursery
- Austin Farm Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Mount Tamar School teach?
- Mount Tamar School taught children aged 4 to 16. It was a special school in Plymouth.
- Has Mount Tamar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mount Tamar School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Mount Tamar School?
- Mount Tamar School had 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- What are Mount Tamar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount Tamar School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.