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Stoke Damerel Community College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,292Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136626URN

Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, PL3 4BD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.4 below Plymouth median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in PlymouthSelective

413 applications for 255 places · 14th of 17 in Plymouth
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.3of 90
14th of 18 in Plymouth
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 19 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 15 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Plymouth median (2.0) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

413 applications · 255 places offered · 233 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Plymouth median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.6; Plymouth median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.9; Plymouth median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.6; Plymouth median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.8; Plymouth median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.7; 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

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 20262554131.62330.91
Sep 20252624511.72390.91
Sep 20242584101.62090.81
Sep 20232664571.72630.99
Sep 20222314331.92351.02
Sep 20212354541.92300.98
Sep 20202654611.72931.11
Sep 20192644101.62470.94
Sep 20182253781.72411.07
Sep 20172173601.71880.87
Sep 20162283871.72140.94
Sep 20152223991.82190.99
Sep 20142303981.72321.01

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

221 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.314th of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%14th of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%
  • This school
  • Plymouth median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22138.329%47%–
2024/2520635.924%49%–
2023/2421738.530%54%−0.19
2022/2321143.136%53%+0.21

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
136626 · 879/4190
Trust
Greenshaw Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,680 pupils · 1,292 on roll
Free school meals
40.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Stoke Damerel Community College (URN 113547)
Address
Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, PL3 4BD
Local authority
Plymouth

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