Plympton Academy
Moorland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 2RS
Local ranking16th of 19 secondary schools in Plymouth
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.1
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 11.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6
- Cohort Size
- 194
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.4
Avg Points/Entry
32.1
Best 3 A-Levels
42
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 129
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1078
- Boys
- 543 (50%)
- Girls
- 535 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (80% full)
- SEND
- 9.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.0%
- EAL
- 2.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 6.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,853/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.1%
- White Other: 1.6%
- Other: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
93.1%
White British
1.6%
White Other
1.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136556
- UKPRN
- 10033277
- Establishment No.
- 4178
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST