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Devonport High School for Boys

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,300Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136496URN

Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5QP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.7 below Plymouth median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in PlymouthSelective

261 applications for 208 places · 17th of 17 in Plymouth
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
65.1of 90
3rd of 18 in Plymouth
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 17 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.3applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Plymouth median (2.0) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

261 applications · 208 places offered · 234 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 1.3; Plymouth median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.2; Plymouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.2; Plymouth median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.2; Plymouth median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.9; Plymouth median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.2; Plymouth median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.3; Plymouth median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.3; Plymouth median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.2; Plymouth median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.3; Plymouth median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.3; Plymouth median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.3; Plymouth median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Plymouth median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Plymouth median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262082611.32341.13
Sep 20252082581.22261.09
Sep 20242102551.22351.12
Sep 20231792271.32101.17
Sep 20221812251.22041.13
Sep 20211783341.93051.71
Sep 20201782201.22081.17
Sep 20191792361.32201.23
Sep 20181792261.32101.17
Sep 20171802201.21991.11
Sep 20161742171.31881.08
Sep 20151722181.31931.12
Sep 20141742301.32071.19

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

177 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)65.13rd of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 5 or above in English and maths89%3rd of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98%
  • This school
  • Plymouth median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.30
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17765.189%98%–
2024/2517869.394%99%–
2023/2417968.996%99%+0.30
2022/2317969.196%97%+0.36

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136496 · 879/5406
Trust
Devonport High School for Boys Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,160 pupils · 1,300 on roll
Free school meals
7.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2011
Replaced
Devonport High School for Boys (URN 113530)
Address
Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5QP
Local authority
Plymouth

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources