Lipson Vale Primary School

State-Funded School

lipson-vale-primary-school-plymouth-south-west

South WestRegion

PlymouthLocal Authority

Plymouth Sutton and DevonportConstituency

PL4 7HWPostcode

1.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Lipson Vale Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Plymouth, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 393 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 12 May 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 51%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

393

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 393
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
7 Apr 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
10 Jul 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.