Widewell Primary Academy | School performance

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

214

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

214

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

214

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 20/10/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityPlymouth

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Widewell Primary Academy · Primary · Plymouth

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

63%

-7pp

70%56%41%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 63%

RWM higher standard

11%

+1pp

11%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

74%

Reading higher standard

26%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

11%

Maths expected standard

70%

Maths higher standard

37%

Science expected standard

78%

SPAG expected standard

67%

SPAG higher standard

15%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

106.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

214

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

10%

FSM eligible

20%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Lulworth Drive, Roborough, Plymouth, PL6 7ER

Local authority

Plymouth

Website

http://www.widewellprimary.co.uk

Telephone

01752778796

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	63%	11%	74%	26%	70%	11%	70%	37%	78%	67%	105.0	106.0	103.0	—	—	—	14%	214
2023/24	70%	10%	77%	27%	80%	10%	80%	23%	83%	73%	105.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	16%	219
2022/23	41%	7%	52%	17%	55%	10%	59%	7%	66%	45%	100.0	99.0	99.0	-2.00	-0.50	-2.00	14%	232
2018/19	70%	7%	70%	22%	78%	15%	81%	22%	81%	78%	103.0	104.0	104.0	-0.40	+0.60	+0.50	14%	217
2017/18	54%	0%	68%	32%	75%	7%	68%	25%	86%	68%	103.0	104.0	103.0	+2.80	+2.10	+3.30	14%	227
2016/17	48%	7%	62%	21%	72%	10%	59%	14%	86%	66%	101.0	101.0	103.0	+4.50	+6.20	+4.40	16%	222

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	214	21.7	14%	10%	20%	5%	11%
2023/24	219	19.0	16%	5%	24%	6%	14%
2022/23	232	20.7	14%	3%	25%	6%	18%
2021/22	227	21.6	17%	4%	25%	8%	25%
2020/21	230	22.8	13%	3%	18%	—	—
2018/19	217	30.5	14%	4%	18%	5%	10%
2017/18	227	28.4	14%	6%	17%	6%	14%
2016/17	222	39.6	16%	7%	16%	4%	12%