Devonport High School for Boys

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 17 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
136496
Address
Paradise Road, Stoke, PL1 5QP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1231 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
94.2%
Girls
5.8%
First language not English
8.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.3%
Persistent absence
9.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.7%
Mixed 6.3%
Other White 5.5%
Unclassified 5.5%
Chinese 2.9%
Indian 2.7%
Other 1.4%
Other Asian 1.1%
African 1%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 96%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 69.1
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.94
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
AstronomyGCSE7
BiologyGCSE177
Business Studies:SingleGCSE122
ChemistryGCSE177
Classical CivilisationGCSE40
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
English LanguageGCSE178
English LiteratureGCSE178
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Devonport High School for Boys

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
210
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
235
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
68
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
209
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
61
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
185
0
Year 8
179
179
0
Year 9
178
178
0
Year 10
180
180
0
Year 11
179
179
0
Year 12
167
128
39
Year 13
163
130
33
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
7.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
87.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
52.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
41.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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