Secondary
St Boniface's RC College
21 Boniface Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL5 3AG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 389 of 400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- PLYMOUTH CAST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Plymouth
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 28.6
- Pupils per adult
- 13.1
- Pupils
- 374
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 April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires 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 inspections2
February 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
November 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
25%
22 points below the Plymouth average (47% across 18 schools)
39.0
8.0 below the Plymouth average (47.0 across 18 schools)
14th 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 | 39 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.23 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% |
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 | 33% |
| 22/23 | 24% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 25% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.49 |
| 22/23 | -0.63 |
| 23/24 | -0.28 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.6 |
| 22/23 | 36.6 |
| 23/24 | 40.1 |
| 24/25 | 39.0 |
21 Boniface Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL5 3AG
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
- Michael Antram
- Address
- 21 Boniface Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL5 3AG
- Telephone
- 01752779051