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Lipson Co-operative Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,131Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136668URN

Bernice Terrace, Lipson, Plymouth, PL4 7PG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.5 below Plymouth median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in PlymouthSelective

368 applications for 244 places · 16th of 17 in Plymouth
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.6of 90
11th of 18 in Plymouth
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 3 November 2021
    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
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Plymouth median (2.0) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

368 applications · 244 places offered · 230 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.8; 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 1.8; Plymouth median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.9; 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 20262443681.52300.94
Sep 20252373571.52070.87
Sep 20242173171.51920.88
Sep 20232073561.72221.07
Sep 20221762971.71761.00
Sep 20211793221.81881.05
Sep 20201772931.71640.93
Sep 20191672691.61570.94
Sep 20181803001.71640.91
Sep 20171753071.81690.97
Sep 20161462701.91390.95
Sep 20151282331.81250.98
Sep 20141692821.71701.01

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

175 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.611th of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%6th of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Plymouth median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17544.650%63%–
2024/2517043.542%62%–
2023/2417147.551%67%+0.40
2022/2317845.440%60%+0.24

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
136668 · 879/4187
Trust
The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,150 pupils · 1,131 on roll
Free school meals
43.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Lipson Community College (URN 113544)
Address
Bernice Terrace, Lipson, Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Local authority
Plymouth

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