Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in PlymouthSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry229 applications · 115 places offered · 115 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2025 2.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2024 2.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2023 2.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2022 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2021 1.6; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2020 1.0; Plymouth median median 1.8
- 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 | 115 | 229 | 2.0 | 115 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 112 | 282 | 2.5 | 145 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2024 | 116 | 293 | 2.5 | 172 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2023 | 116 | 272 | 2.3 | 137 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2022 | 116 | 288 | 2.5 | 194 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2021 | 126 | 198 | 1.6 | 114 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 85 | 84 | 1.0 | 53 | 0.62 |
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.) | 107 | 31.5 | 24% | 43% | – |
| 2024/25 | 84 | 36.4 | 33% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 64 | 28.8 | 13% | 34% | −1.13 |
| 2022/23 | 88 | 30.4 | 14% | 40% | −1.14 |
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
- UTC PlymouthThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 31.5Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · PlymouthGood20231.3applications per place 65.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.2 km · Plymouth20261.6applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · PlymouthStandards maintained202547.2Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · PlymouthGood20241.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · CornwallRemains Good20221.2applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · PlymouthImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 74.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.8 km · PlymouthRemains Good20242.7applications per place 65.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · PlymouthGood20231.9applications per place 36.5Attainment 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
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 146560 · 879/4005
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 594 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2018
- Replaced
- UTC Plymouth (URN 139432)
- Address
- Park Avenue, Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4RL
- Local authority
- Plymouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources