Mount Tamar School
Row Lane, Plymouth, PL5 2EF
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- REACH SOUTH ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mark Ruffett
- Sponsor
- Reach South Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 110
- URN
- 152544
- Local authority
- Plymouth
About this school
Mount Tamar School is a special academy in Plymouth. It teaches children aged 4 to 16.
Ofsted has inspected Mount Tamar School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Not met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Mount Tamar School (URN 149391).
Location
Nearby schools
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Mill Ford School0.8 miles
Special schools · Plymouth
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Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus0.9 miles
Independent schools · Plymouth
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Brook Green Centre for Learning1.2 miles
Special schools · Plymouth
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Woodlands School2.0 miles
Special schools · Plymouth
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Fountain Head House School2.1 miles
Special schools · Cornwall
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
- Woodlands School Special schools
- Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care Nursery
- Plym Bridge Nursery School and Day Care Nursery
- Austin Farm Academy Primary
- Beechwood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Mount Tamar School teach?
- Mount Tamar School teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Plymouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Mount Tamar School?
- The headteacher of Mount Tamar School is Mark Ruffett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mount Tamar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mount Tamar School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- Is Mount Tamar School a faith school?
- No. Mount Tamar School has no designated religious character.
- Is Mount Tamar School part of an academy trust?
- Mount Tamar School is part of REACH SOUTH ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does Mount Tamar School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Mount Tamar School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 1 May 2026.