Schools in Plymouth

Choosing a School in Plymouth

Plymouth has three grammar schools: Devonport High School for Boys, Devonport High School for Girls and Plymouth High School for Girls. Each grammar school runs its own entry through the Plymouth 11+, taken in September of Year 6, but all Year 7 applications, grammar schools included, go through Plymouth City Council. The grammar schools are close to the centre, in Stoke, Peverell and next to Mannamead; Plympton is to the east.

In Plymouth, the average primary school had 64% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at KS2 (England: 63%), and the average secondary had 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in English and maths at GCSE (England: 46%).

Primary Schools in Plymouth

The map opens on a two-mile circle around the centre. Primary schools inside it include the following; ages, distances and single-sex status come from the same data as the map.

• Pilgrim Primary AcademyAges 4-11, 0.2 miles from the centre
• The Cathedral School of St MaryAges 4-11, 0.4 miles from the centre
• Mount Street Primary SchoolAges 2-11, 0.4 miles from the centre
• Stuart Road Primary AcademyAges 3-11, 0.5 miles from the centre
• St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAges 2-11, 0.5 miles from the centre

Secondary Schools in Plymouth

Secondary schools inside the map's opening view include all three grammar schools:

• Plymouth High School for GirlsAges 11-18, Girls, Grammar (selective), 0.4 miles from the centre
• Millbay AcademyAges 3-16, 0.7 miles from the centre
• Stoke Damerel Community CollegeAges 11-18, 0.7 miles from the centre
• Devonport High School for BoysAges 11-18, Boys, Grammar (selective), 0.8 miles from the centre
• Devonport High School for GirlsAges 11-18, Girls, Grammar (selective), 1.1 miles from the centre

How Are Averages Calculated?

When you open a school, its results show a comparison such as "+12% vs avg". The average is the mean of the figures for every English state school in our data that reports that measure, each school counted once. For primary schools (14,923 with KS2 results), the average share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths is 63%, with average scaled scores of 105.6 in reading and 104.6 in maths. For secondary schools (3,274 with GCSE results), the average share of pupils getting grade 5 or above in English and maths is 46%, grade 4 or above 65%, and the average Attainment 8 score is 46.6. Because each school counts once whatever its size, these are school averages, not the share of all pupils in England.

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