Plymstock School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
136568
Address
Church Road, Plymstock, PL9 9AZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1671 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
5.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
16%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.7%
Other White 3.9%
Mixed 2.6%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other 0.8%
African 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.03
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award33
TourismTechnical Award26
Art & DesignGCSE62
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE109
ChemistryGCSE24
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE102
Design & TechnologyGCSE56
English LanguageGCSE290
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Plymstock School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
261
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
238
2nd preference
169
3rd preference
75
From another Local Authority
52
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
238
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
17
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
294
155
139
Year 8
292
151
141
Year 9
288
158
130
Year 10
300
158
142
Year 11
283
141
142
Year 12
106
39
67
Year 13
108
45
63
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
41.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
12.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
66.0%
52.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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