Weston Mill Community Primary Academy
Ferndale Road, Plymouth, PL2 2EL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DISCOVERY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Emma Lenszner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- URN
- 143310
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01752365250
About this school
Weston Mill Community Primary Academy is a primary academy in Plymouth. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 184 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 47 | 31 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 34% | 26% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 52% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 32% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 48% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 98.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Weston Mill Community Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Plymouth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34% | 54.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 26% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 242 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 207 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Weston Mill Community Primary Academy compares
Weston Mill Community Primary Academy ranked 60th of 66 primary schools in Plymouth for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 8.8% | 49.7% | 184 | — |
| Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School | 61% | 6% | 32.4% | 145 | 0.4 miles |
| Mayflower Academy | 84% | 7% | 41.2% | 441 | 0.5 miles |
| Drake Primary Academy | 55% | 6.5% | 43.3% | 136 | 0.5 miles |
| Victoria Road Primary | 44% | 6.5% | 55.4% | 172 | 0.6 miles |
| Riverside Community Primary School | 76% | 6% | 53.6% | 370 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.72%
- English as an additional language
- 7.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.82%
- Persistent absence
- 22.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Plymouth
-
Mayflower Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Plymouth
-
Drake Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Plymouth
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Victoria Road Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Plymouth
-
Riverside Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Plymouth
Other schools in Plymouth
Weston Mill Community Primary Academy ranks 66th of the 72 ranked primary schools in Plymouth.
- Austin Farm Academy Primary
- Beechwood Primary Academy Primary
- Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School Primary
- Boringdon Primary School Primary
- Chaddlewood Primary School Primary
- College Road Primary School Primary
- Compton CofE Primary School Primary
- Drake Primary Academy Primary
- Eggbuckland Vale Primary School Primary
- Elburton Primary School Primary
- Ernesettle Community School Primary
- Ford Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Weston Mill Community Primary Academy teach?
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Plymouth.
- Who is the head of school of Weston Mill Community Primary Academy?
- The head of school of Weston Mill Community Primary Academy is Mrs Emma Lenszner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Weston Mill Community Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Weston Mill Community Primary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Weston Mill Community Primary Academy?
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy has 184 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Weston Mill Community Primary Academy full?
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 184 on roll (44%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Weston Mill Community Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Weston Mill Community Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Weston Mill Community Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Weston Mill Community Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Weston Mill Community Primary Academy?
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy is part of DISCOVERY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Weston Mill Community Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 34% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Weston Mill Community Primary Academy rank locally?
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy ranked 60th of 66 primary schools in Plymouth for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Weston Mill Community Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Weston Mill Community Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Weston Mill Community Primary Academy'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 2 July 2026.