Marine Academy Plymouth

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 23 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
147967
Address
Trevithick Road, PL5 2AF
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
973 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
53.9%
Girls
46.1%
First language not English
7.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
40%
Persistent absence
33.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.3%
Other White 5%
Mixed 2%
African 1.8%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 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
-0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.7
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.56
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE138
English LiteratureGCSE138
FrenchGCSE21
GeographyGCSE46
HistoryGCSE75
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Marine Academy Plymouth

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
233
135
98
Year 8
213
110
103
Year 9
165
86
79
Year 10
145
77
68
Year 11
131
76
55
Year 12
45
22
23
Year 13
41
18
23
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
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

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