Secondary
Devonport High School for Boys
Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5QP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1300 of 1160 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 73.4
- Pupils per adult
- 16.8
- Pupils
- 1,231
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
94%
47 points above the Plymouth average (47% across 18 schools)
69.3
22.3 above the Plymouth average (47.0 across 18 schools)
2nd of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Plymouth we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 69.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.83 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 94% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.7 |
| A level students | 161 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 94% |
| 22/23 | 96% |
| 23/24 | 96% |
| 24/25 | 94% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.9 |
| 22/23 | 38.5 |
| 23/24 | 37.0 |
| 24/25 | 37.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.14 |
| 22/23 | +0.36 |
| 23/24 | +0.30 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 70.6 |
| 22/23 | 69.1 |
| 23/24 | 68.9 |
| 24/25 | 69.3 |
Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5QP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Plymouth admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Dan Roberts
- Address
- Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5QP
- Telephone
- 01752208787