Secondary
Millbay Academy
22 Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3EG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 526 of 600 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Trust
- REACH SOUTH ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 40.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.6
- Pupils
- 545
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 February 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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
27%
20 points below the Plymouth average (47% across 18 schools)
36.9
10.1 below the Plymouth average (47.0 across 18 schools)
7th 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 |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 95% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
| Attainment 8 | 36.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.06 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 47% |
| 23/24 | 71% |
| 24/25 | 95% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 15% |
| 22/23 | 14% |
| 23/24 | 15% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.11 |
| 22/23 | -0.68 |
| 23/24 | -0.51 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.8 |
| 22/23 | 31.2 |
| 23/24 | 32.7 |
| 24/25 | 36.9 |
22 Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3EG
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
- Matthew Bisco
- Address
- 22 Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3EG
- Telephone
- 01752221927