Graded inspection · Feb 2024 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 | |||
| Early years 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 entry188 applications · 103 places offered · 95 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2025 2.3; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2023 1.2; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2022 1.2; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2021 1.2; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; Plymouth median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.5; Plymouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.6; Plymouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Plymouth median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Plymouth median
Dashed bars: as Plymouth School of Creative Arts (URN 139923), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 103 | 188 | 1.8 | 95 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 85 | 197 | 2.3 | 107 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2024 | 69 | 141 | 2.0 | 61 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 69 | 1.2 | 34 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 48 | 57 | 1.2 | 20 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 53 | 65 | 1.2 | 29 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2020 * | 54 | 76 | 1.4 | 22 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2019 * | 58 | 146 | 2.5 | 61 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 * | 57 | 148 | 2.6 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 116 | 248 | 2.1 | 122 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2016 * | 114 | 211 | 1.9 | 107 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 115 | 218 | 1.9 | 110 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 89 | 189 | 2.1 | 88 | 0.99 |
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.) | 87 | 37.3 | 23% | 41% | – |
| 2024/25 | 84 | 36.9 | 27% | 44% | – |
| 2023/24 | 78 | 32.7 | 15% | 32% | −0.51 |
| 2022/23 | 91 | 31.2 | 14% | 33% | −0.68 |
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
- Millbay AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · PlymouthGood20231.3applications per place 65.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.5 km · Plymouth20261.6applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · PlymouthStandards maintained202547.2Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · PlymouthRemains Good20242.7applications per place 65.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.9 km · PlymouthGood20232.0applications per place 31.5Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · PlymouthImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 74.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.8 km · Plymouth20261.5applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147905 · 879/4006
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 526 on roll
- Free school meals
- 56.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2020
- Replaced
- Plymouth School of Creative Arts (URN 139923)
- Address
- 22 Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3EG
- Local authority
- Plymouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources