Scott Medical and Healthcare College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 12 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
144760
Address
Somerset Place, Stoke, PL3 4BD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
233 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
24.5%
Girls
75.5%
First language not English
12.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.6%
Persistent absence
52.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76%
Other White 5.6%
African 5.6%
Mixed 4.3%
Other 2.1%
Indian 1.7%
Other Black 1.7%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Asian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.2
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.37
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award52
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
ArabicGCSE2
BiologyGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE67
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE67
English LiteratureGCSE67
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
55
9
46
Year 10
58
15
43
Year 11
67
18
49
Year 12
34
10
24
Year 13
19
5
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
80.4%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
33.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
44.0%
44.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
0.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
8.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
5.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
56.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
18.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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