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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 12 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 19 November 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry346 applications · 158 places offered · 250 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2025 2.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2024 2.2; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2022 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2021 3.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2020 2.3; Plymouth median median 1.8
- 2019 2.4; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2018 2.4; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2017 2.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2016 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.1
- 2015 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2014 2.4; Plymouth median median 2.2
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 158 | 346 | 2.2 | 250 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2025 | 157 | 356 | 2.3 | 237 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2024 | 158 | 352 | 2.2 | 228 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2023 | 157 | 292 | 1.9 | 182 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 119 | 295 | 2.5 | 199 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2021 | 118 | 390 | 3.3 | 256 | 2.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 123 | 283 | 2.3 | 177 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2019 | 124 | 298 | 2.4 | 195 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2018 | 124 | 294 | 2.4 | 191 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2017 | 124 | 290 | 2.3 | 159 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 | 119 | 294 | 2.5 | 175 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2015 | 119 | 292 | 2.5 | 174 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2014 | 119 | 290 | 2.4 | 186 | 1.56 |
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.) | 122 | 74.9 | 97% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 123 | 73.8 | 98% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 121 | 75.4 | 98% | 100% | +0.78 |
| 2022/23 | 124 | 73.4 | 98% | 100% | +0.50 |
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
- Devonport High School for GirlsThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 74.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · PlymouthGood20231.9applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · PlymouthStandards maintained202547.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Plymouth20261.6applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · PlymouthGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · PlymouthRemains Good20242.7applications per place 65.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · PlymouthGood20231.3applications per place 65.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · PlymouthRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · PlymouthGood20241.6applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 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
- 136588 · 879/4152
- Trust
- Devonport High School for Girls
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 840 pupils · 971 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Devonport High School for Girls (URN 113531)
- Address
- Lyndhurst Road, Peverell, Plymouth, PL2 3DL
- Local authority
- Plymouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources