Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in PlymouthSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 16 November 2021Graded 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 entry334 applications · 194 places offered · 190 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2025 1.6; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2021 2.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2020 2.2; Plymouth median median 1.8
- 2019 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.1
- 2015 1.8; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 194 | 334 | 1.7 | 190 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 211 | 344 | 1.6 | 189 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 374 | 1.8 | 194 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 197 | 412 | 2.1 | 236 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 | 199 | 437 | 2.2 | 222 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 199 | 459 | 2.3 | 195 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 206 | 451 | 2.2 | 223 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 206 | 511 | 2.5 | 224 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 | 207 | 417 | 2.0 | 251 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 198 | 369 | 1.9 | 224 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 197 | 365 | 1.9 | 192 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 196 | 350 | 1.8 | 209 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 202 | 367 | 1.8 | 228 | 1.13 |
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.) | 169 | 45.8 | 49% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 184 | 40.4 | 42% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 44.2 | 46% | 68% | −0.11 |
| 2022/23 | 200 | 38.2 | 22% | 51% | −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
- Tor Bridge HighThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · PlymouthRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · PlymouthSpecial measures 20262.0applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · PlymouthGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · PlymouthRemains Good20232.4applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · PlymouthGood2022
- 3.6 km · Plymouth20261.5applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · PlymouthGood20231.9applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · PlymouthImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 74.9Attainment 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
- 137206 · 879/4186
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,400 pupils · 1,121 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Tor Bridge High (URN 113543)
- Address
- Miller Way, Estover, Plymouth, PL6 8UN
- Local authority
- Plymouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources