Plympton Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Plymouth, PL7 2RS
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Hele's School
Seymour Road, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4LT
Local ranking7th of 18 secondary schools in Plymouth
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1349
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 23 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 64.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 83.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 236
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 37.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
111
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 214
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1393
- Boys
- 709 (51%)
- Girls
- 669 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1349 (102% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.9%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 14.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,847/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.8% nat15.8%
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
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- White British: 89.4%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
89.4%
White British
5.0%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Seymour Road
Plymouth, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136557
- UKPRN
- 10033276
- Establishment No.
- 4179
- Trust
- WESTCOUNTRY SCHOOLS TRUST
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