Schools in Plymouth
103 schools in the Plymouth local authority.
Schools
103
Open schools
Pupils
39,096
2025–26 census
Good or better
95%
79 of 83 graded
Academic Performance
5.0
out of 10 · 97 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 8 10%
- Good
- 71 86%
- Requires improvement
- 2 2%
- Inadequate
- 2 2%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade12 superseded by a report card14 not judged2 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
5.0
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 97 of 103 schools that can be scored
Pupils
39,096
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 102 of 103 schools (39,096 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
85%Asian
3%Black
4%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 97 of 103 schools (38,112 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 26.4%
- First language not English
- 11.2%
- Young carers
- 2.8%
10,067 of 38,112 pupils · 97 of 103 schools
4,258 of 38,112 pupils · 97 of 103 schools
1,060 of 37,970 pupils · 95 of 103 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 70
- Secondary
- 19
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 7
- Nursery
- 2
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 2
Top primary schools in Plymouth
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Tor Bridge Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Ernesettle Community SchoolPlymouth · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.Glen Park Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.Marine Academy PrimaryPlymouth · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 5.Mayflower AcademyPlymouth · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 6.Prince Rock Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 7.High View SchoolPlymouth · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 8.Elburton Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary8.9/10
- 9.Hooe Primary AcademyPlymouth · Primary8.4/10Good
- 10.Compton CofE Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary8.3/10Good
- 11.Leigham Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary8.2/10
- 12.Manadon Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary8.2/10Good
- 13.Chaddlewood Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary8.0/10Good
- 14.Morice Town Primary AcademyPlymouth · Primary7.9/10Good
- 15.Pomphlett Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary7.8/10Good
- 16.Stuart Road Primary AcademyPlymouth · Primary7.8/10Good
- 17.Marlborough Primary AcademyPlymouth · Primary7.7/10Good
- 18.Widey Court Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary7.6/10Good
- 19.Woodford Primary SchoolPlymouth · Primary7.6/10Good
- 20.Riverside Community Primary School Plymouth · Primary7.5/10Good
Top secondary schools in Plymouth
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Devonport High School for BoysPlymouth · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 2.Devonport High School for GirlsPlymouth · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 3.Plymouth High School for GirlsPlymouth · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 4.Hele's SchoolPlymouth · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 5.Coombe Dean SchoolPlymouth · Secondary7.2/10Good
- 6.Plymstock SchoolPlymouth · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 7.Lipson Co-operative AcademyPlymouth · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 8.Marine Academy PlymouthPlymouth · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 9.Notre Dame RC SchoolPlymouth · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 10.Scott Medical and Healthcare CollegePlymouth · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 11.Tor Bridge HighPlymouth · Secondary2.9/10Good
- 12.All Saints Church of England AcademyPlymouth · Secondary2.7/10Good
- 13.Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegePlymouth · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 14.St Boniface's RC CollegePlymouth · Secondary2.0/10
- 15.UTC PlymouthPlymouth · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 16.Millbay AcademyPlymouth · Secondary1.6/10Good
- 17.Stoke Damerel Community CollegePlymouth · Secondary1.4/10Good
- 18.Eggbuckland Community CollegePlymouth · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
- 19.Plympton AcademyPlymouth · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Plymouth
- How many schools are there in Plymouth?
- Plymouth has 103 open schools — 70 primary, 19 secondary, 7 special, 2 nursery, teaching 39,096 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Plymouth are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 79 of the 83 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 8 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 103: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Plymouth?
- 5.0 out of 10, averaged across the 97 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Plymouth schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 20 schools in Plymouth currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Plymouth local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Plymouth covers 103 schools and sits in the South West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Plymouth are eligible for free school meals?
- 26.4% — 10,067 of 38,112 pupils at the 97 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South West region.