Plympton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
136556
Address
Moorland Road, Plympton, PL7 2RS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1145 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
2.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.6%
Persistent absence
31.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.4%
Other White 1.8%
Mixed 1.8%
Other 0.6%
African 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.2
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.47
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award26
Music Studies (General)Technical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award53
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award26
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award37
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
Speech & DramaTechnical Award39
Art & DesignGCSE44
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE174
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Plympton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
145
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
140
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
110
99
Year 8
204
92
112
Year 9
202
121
81
Year 10
204
94
110
Year 11
197
93
104
Year 12
65
27
38
Year 13
64
32
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
60.0%
52.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
8.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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