Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in PlymouthSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry463 applications · 226 places offered · 142 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2022 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2021 2.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2020 2.4; Plymouth median median 1.8
- 2019 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2018 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2017 2.4; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2016 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.1
- 2015 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2014 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.2
- This school
- Plymouth median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 226 | 463 | 2.1 | 142 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 200 | 379 | 1.9 | 154 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2024 | 261 | 482 | 1.9 | 238 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 293 | 522 | 1.8 | 284 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 296 | 556 | 1.9 | 311 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 292 | 728 | 2.5 | 338 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 | 296 | 717 | 2.4 | 388 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 292 | 626 | 2.1 | 308 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 287 | 602 | 2.1 | 309 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 | 254 | 599 | 2.4 | 303 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 | 253 | 539 | 2.1 | 220 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 | 234 | 462 | 2.0 | 225 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 217 | 474 | 2.2 | 220 | 1.01 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 259 | 51.0 | 55% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 281 | 47.3 | 50% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 278 | 46.1 | 48% | 68% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 292 | 45.1 | 39% | 61% | −0.15 |
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
- Plymstock SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Plymouth20263.0applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Plymouth20261.5applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · PlymouthRemains Good20232.4applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · PlymouthRemains Good20242.7applications per place 65.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.9 km · PlymouthRequires improvement20242.3applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · PlymouthGood20241.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · PlymouthRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · PlymouthGood20231.3applications per place 65.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 136568 · 879/4180
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,680 pupils · 1,515 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Plymstock School (URN 113537)
- Address
- Church Road, Plymstock, Plymouth, PL9 9AZ
- Local authority
- Plymouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources