South West
Secondary schools in Plymouth
101 schools, 38,759 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 43.8.
Ofsted across Plymouth
Good45
Outstanding7
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade46
55 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 46 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Plymouth
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devonport High School for GirlsAcademy converter | Plymouth | No grade | 73.8 |
| Devonport High School for BoysAcademy converter | Plymouth | Good 2023 | 69.3 |
| Plymouth High School for GirlsAcademy converter | Plymouth | Good 2024 | 65.5 |
| Hele's SchoolAcademy converter | Plymouth | Good 2023 | 50.7 |
| Coombe Dean SchoolAcademy converter | Plymouth | No grade | 49.2 |
| Plymstock SchoolAcademy converter | Plymouth | Good 2023 | 47.3 |
| Marine Academy PlymouthAcademy sponsor led | Plymouth | Good 2024 | 43.6 |
| Lipson Co-operative AcademyAcademy converter | Plymouth | No grade | 43.5 |
| Scott Medical and Healthcare CollegeStudio schools | Plymouth | No grade | 43.5 |
| Notre Dame RC SchoolAcademy converter | Plymouth | No grade | 43.3 |
| Plympton AcademyAcademy converter | Plymouth | Requires improvement 2024 | 43.1 |
| Eggbuckland Community CollegeAcademy converter | Plymouth | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.3 |
| All Saints Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Plymouth | Good 2023 | 41.4 |
| Tor Bridge HighAcademy converter | Plymouth | Good 2021 | 40.4 |
| Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegeFoundation school | Plymouth | Good 2022 | 39.8 |
| St Boniface's RC CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Plymouth | No grade | 39 |
| Millbay AcademyFree schools | Plymouth | Good 2024 | 36.9 |
| UTC PlymouthUniversity technical college | Plymouth | Good 2023 | 36.4 |
| Stoke Damerel Community CollegeAcademy converter | Plymouth | No grade | 35.9 |