Beechwood Primary Academy
Primary schoolBeechwood Primary Academy is a primary school in Plymouth, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 249 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 34% of pupils at Beechwood Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Plymouth and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 34% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Notre Dame RC SchoolSecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures. Attainment 8 of 44.6 (2025/26, provisional)800 m
- Oakwood Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Woodlands SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, February 2023910 m
- Whitleigh Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 20221.3 km
- Widewell Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), September 2022, before the school changed1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Plymouth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).