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
45.0%
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 %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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
Health StudiesTechnical Award58
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE74
ChemistryGCSE74
English LanguageGCSE74
English LiteratureGCSE74
FrenchGCSE11
HistoryGCSE20
MathematicsGCSE74
PhysicsGCSE74
Year 2022-2023

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
86.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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
73.0%
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
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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