Which school has the best GCSE results in Plymouth?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Devonport High School for Girls tops the table in Plymouth with 73.8, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Plymouth schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Plymouth show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Plymouth GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

19 state secondary schools in Plymouth ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 independent school with published results is listed separately, unranked.

Town 19 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Plymouth ranked on Attainment 8

19 of 19 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Plymouth ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Devonport High School for Girls Plymouth · Academy converter	73.8	98%	99%	6.96	123
2	Devonport High School for Boys Plymouth · Academy converter	69.3	94%	99%	5.83	178
3	Plymouth High School for Girls Plymouth · Academy converter	65.5	90%	97%	5.93	103
4	Hele's School Plymouth · Academy converter	50.7	54%	76%	4.72	237
5	Coombe Dean School Plymouth · Academy converter	49.2	49%	76%	4.46	169
6	Plymstock School Plymouth · Academy converter	47.3	50%	73%	4.21	281
7	Marine Academy Plymouth Plymouth · Academy sponsor led	43.6	33%	62%	3.96	132
8=	Lipson Co-operative Academy Plymouth · Academy converter	43.5	42%	62%	3.57	170
8=	Scott Medical and Healthcare College Plymouth · Studio schools	43.5	36%	63%	3.49	56
10	Notre Dame RC School Plymouth · Academy converter	43.3	34%	57%	3.62	122
11	Plympton Academy Plymouth · Academy converter	43.1	44%	67%	3.57	194
12	Eggbuckland Community College Plymouth · Academy converter	42.3	38%	68%	3.72	169
13	All Saints Church of England Academy Plymouth · Academy sponsor led	41.4	37%	60%	3.38	105
14	Tor Bridge High Plymouth · Academy converter	40.4	42%	63%	3.42	184
15	Sir John Hunt Community Sports College Plymouth · Foundation school	39.8	29%	44%	3.28	116
16	St Boniface's RC College Plymouth · Academy sponsor led	39.0	25%	53%	3.23	76
17	Millbay Academy Plymouth · Free schools	36.9	27%	44%	3.06	84
18	UTC Plymouth Plymouth · University technical college	36.4	33%	55%	2.76	84
19	Stoke Damerel Community College Plymouth · Academy converter	35.9	24%	49%	2.90	206

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Plymouth with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus Plymouth · Other independent school	48.0	36%	11

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Plymouth on our composite score

Plymouth GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Plymouth ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Plymouth with published GCSE results

More about schools in Plymouth

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