Devonport High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 19 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
136588
Address
Lyndhurst Road, Peverell, PL2 3DL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
860 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
2.3%
Girls
97.7%
First language not English
12.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.1%
Persistent absence
8.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.7%
Other White 5.9%
Mixed 4.9%
Chinese 3.6%
Other 2.9%
Indian 2.8%
Other Asian 1.9%
African 1.6%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 87%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 73.4
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.91
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE78
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE78
ChineseGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE124
English LiteratureGCSE122
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE34
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Devonport High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
158
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
228
2nd preference
108
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
102
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
158
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
45
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
0
160
Year 8
127
0
127
Year 9
125
0
125
Year 10
123
0
123
Year 11
122
0
122
Year 12
97
8
89
Year 13
106
12
94
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
85.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
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
83.0%
52.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
39.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
38.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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