Oreston Community Academy

Ofsted judged Oreston Community Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in May 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.

Oreston Community Academy has 331 pupils on roll.

In 2024-25, 51% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

Oreston Community Academy admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Oreston Community Academy is located in Plymouth, PL9 7JY, Plymouth.

Oreston Community Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Distance did not decide places at Oreston Community Academy for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

When Oreston Community Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children — Looked after children, and children who stopped being looked after because, straight afterwards, they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order; this includes children the admission authority judges to have been in state care outside England who left it through adoption; 2. Next priority: children with an exceptional social or medical need (theirs or a parent's) to attend this school — Next priority goes to children who, because of an exceptional social or medical need of their own or of a parent's, should attend this school rather than any other. [The applicant must fill in an Exceptional Needs Supplementary Information Form, with evidence from a medical specialist or social worker setting out the need and why it means the child must attend this school.]; 3. Next priority: children with a sibling on roll at this school — Next priority goes to children with a sibling on roll at this school, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Tiebreaker for prioritising applications that fall in the same oversubscription criterion: a) the straight-line distance from home to school, then b) an electronic list randomiser where distances are equal (within 2 metres). Children who are Looked After, or given accommodation in the exercise of its functions (see the Children.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 94% of pupils at Oreston Community Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.