41 Ham Drive, Plymouth, Devon PL2 2NJ
10 reasons to choose Mayflower Academy
Top line
Mayflower Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 72. It is one of the best state primary schools in Plymouth and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Mayflower Academy is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a sponsor-led academy. The school is one of the 18 members of Learning Academies Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Mayflower Academy has two classes per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Mayflower Academy achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 4% of schools.
The Mayflower Academy curriculum
School curriculum is skills-based so that geography, history, art/DT and sometimes other subjects are combined into a series of topics. It also includes PSHE, French. School has a Support Centre for 12 children with an Autistic Spectrum/Complex Communication Disorder. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Mayflower Academy
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Mayflower Academy
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.50am to 3.15pm. Breakfast club from 7.30am, after school clubs to 5.00pm, and after school childcare to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Mayflower Academy
King’s School, Plymouth (1.5 miles); Fletewood School at Derry Villas (1.7 miles); Plymouth College Preparatory School (2.6 miles).
Compton Church of England Primary School (1.8 miles); Bishop Cornish Church of England Primary School (2.4 miles); Hooe Primary Academy (3.8 miles).
Plymouth College (2.6 miles); St Joseph’s School, Launceston (23.8 miles); Sands School (25.8 miles).
Devonport High School for Girls (1.2 miles); Devonport High School for Boys (2.2 miles); Plymouth High School for Girls (2.4 miles).