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Schools in the Plymouth local authority

Plymouth has 107 schools listed on OfferDay.

2 nursery schools · 69 primary schools · 19 secondary schools · 1 sixth form or college · 9 special and alternative provision schools · 4 independent schools · 3 other establishments

About schools in Plymouth

Plymouth lists 107 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 19 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
65%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 71 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
46.7
average Attainment 8 score, across the 20 schools with published results

Top schools in Plymouth

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Glen Park Primary School 92%
  2. 2 Marine Academy Primary 88%
  3. 3 Compton CofE Primary School 86%
  4. 4 Tor Bridge Primary School 86%
  5. 5 Mayflower Academy 84%
  6. 6 Chaddlewood Primary School 83%
  7. 7 Pennycross Primary School 82%
  8. 8 Ernesettle Community School 82%

Secondary

  1. 1 Devonport High School for Girls 73.8
  2. 2 Devonport High School for Boys 69.3
  3. 3 Plymouth High School for Girls 65.5
  4. 4 Hele's School 50.7
  5. 5 Coombe Dean School 49.2
  6. 6 Plymstock School 47.3
  7. 7 Marine Academy Plymouth 43.6
  8. 8 Lipson Co-operative Academy 43.5

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Plymouth.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Plymouth

How many schools does Plymouth have?
OfferDay lists 107 schools in Plymouth, including 69 primary schools and 19 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Plymouth?
Every school in Plymouth is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Plymouth ranked?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Plymouth does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.