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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 18 April 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 28 September 2011Graded inspection: Good · as Plymouth High School for Girls, URN 113532
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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 entry317 applications · 119 places offered · 104 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.7; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2025 3.0; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2024 3.0; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2023 2.5; Plymouth median median 1.9
- 2022 2.6; Plymouth median median 2.0
- 2021 3.3; Plymouth median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.5; Plymouth median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.6; Plymouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.6; Plymouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.6; Plymouth median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.7; Plymouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Plymouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.6; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Plymouth median
Dashed bars: as Plymouth High School for Girls (URN 113532), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 119 | 317 | 2.7 | 104 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 120 | 362 | 3.0 | 133 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2024 | 120 | 362 | 3.0 | 138 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 120 | 296 | 2.5 | 110 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 119 | 310 | 2.6 | 118 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 * | 119 | 390 | 3.3 | 128 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 * | 119 | 297 | 2.5 | 123 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 * | 121 | 313 | 2.6 | 125 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 * | 120 | 310 | 2.6 | 116 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 120 | 308 | 2.6 | 153 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 * | 120 | 325 | 2.7 | 139 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2015 * | 116 | 300 | 2.6 | 122 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 * | 119 | 308 | 2.6 | 120 | 1.01 |
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.) | 110 | 65.7 | 92% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 103 | 65.5 | 90% | 97% | – |
| 2023/24 | 116 | 65.3 | 91% | 97% | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 115 | 65.6 | 89% | 99% | +0.19 |
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
- Plymouth High School for GirlsThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20242.7applications per place 65.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.2 km · Plymouth20261.5applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Plymouth20261.6applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · PlymouthStandards maintained202547.2Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · PlymouthGood20241.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · PlymouthImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 74.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.9 km · PlymouthGood20231.3applications per place 65.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.5 km · PlymouthRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · PlymouthGood20232.0applications per place 31.5Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148369 · 879/4155
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 804 pupils · 782 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2021
- Replaced
- Plymouth High School for Girls (URN 113532)
- Address
- St Lawrence Road, Plymouth, PL4 6HT
- Local authority
- Plymouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources