Secondary
Plympton Academy
Moorland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 2RS
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 984 of 1350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 82.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.9
- Pupils
- 1,145
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 March 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
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)Earlier inspections1
March 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
44%
3 points below the Plymouth average (47% across 18 schools)
43.1
3.9 below the Plymouth average (47.0 across 18 schools)
15th 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 | 43.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 12% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.45 |
| A level students | 42 |
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 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 34% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.5 |
| 22/23 | 26.4 |
| 23/24 | 22.4 |
| 24/25 | 28.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.51 |
| 22/23 | -0.21 |
| 23/24 | -0.39 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.2 |
| 22/23 | 43.2 |
| 23/24 | 41.6 |
| 24/25 | 43.1 |
Moorland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 2RS
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
- Principal
- Shaun Willis
- Address
- Moorland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 2RS
- Telephone
- 03333602220