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Notre Dame RC School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 764Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 140737URN

Looseleigh Lane, Derriford, Plymouth, PL6 5HN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Safeguarding standards not met

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Plymouth median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in PlymouthSelective

182 applications for 93 places · 10th 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

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Safeguarding: standards not met at the latest report card inspection

Report card · inspected 25 February 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards not met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • 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. 25 February 2026
    Report card · 6 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 22 January 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Some aspects not as strong

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Plymouth median (2.0) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

182 applications · 93 places offered · 76 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.6; Plymouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.8; Plymouth median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.9; Plymouth median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.8; Plymouth median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.8; Plymouth median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.6; Plymouth median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.9; 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; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Plymouth median in 1 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Plymouth median

Dashed bars: as Notre Dame RC School (URN 113552), the previous school.

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 2026931822.0760.82
Sep 20251352211.61050.78
Sep 20241242281.81050.85
Sep 20231402691.91260.90
Sep 20221322582.01200.91
Sep 20211393182.31180.85
Sep 20201392471.81170.84
Sep 20191372451.81170.85
Sep 20181191941.6850.71
Sep 20171252311.91010.81
Sep 20161272401.91090.86
Sep 20151312401.81140.87
Sep 2014 *1162021.71090.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

135 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.611th of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%13th of 18 in Plymouth
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%
  • This school
  • Plymouth median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13544.639%61%–
2024/2512243.334%57%–
2023/2413441.728%55%−0.27
2022/2313340.930%54%−0.31

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
140737 · 879/4605
Trust
Plymouth Cast
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
900 pupils · 764 on roll
Free school meals
25.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
Notre Dame RC School (URN 113552)
Address
Looseleigh Lane, Derriford, Plymouth, PL6 5HN
Local authority
Plymouth

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