Stoke Damerel Community College
Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, PL3 4BD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Miss Anita Frier
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Greenshaw Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,680
- Pupils on roll
- 1,292
- URN
- 136626
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01752556065
About this school
Stoke Damerel Community College is a secondary academy in Plymouth. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,292 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Stoke Damerel Community College, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 211 | 217 | 206 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.1 | 38.5 | 35.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.21 +0.01 to +0.41 | -0.19 -0.38 to +0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 30% | 24.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 53.5% | 49% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 9% | 7.8% | 2.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Stoke Damerel Community College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Plymouth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.1 | 39.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.5 | 41.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.9 | 42 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,295 |
| 2023/24 | 1,301 |
| 2024/25 | 1,284 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stoke Damerel Community College compares
Stoke Damerel Community College ranked 19th of 19 secondary schools in Plymouth for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.9 | 12.6% | 41.7% | 1,292 | — |
| Scott Medical and Healthcare College | 43.5 | 13.2% | 30.1% | 231 | 0.0 miles |
| Devonport High School for Boys | 69.3 | 4.7% | 8.3% | 1,300 | 0.5 miles |
| UTC Plymouth | 36.4 | 15% | 43.6% | 594 | 0.8 miles |
| Devonport High School for Girls | 73.8 | 5% | 9.8% | 971 | 0.9 miles |
| Millbay Academy | 36.9 | 15.7% | 58.7% | 526 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 March 2026
- 15 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.71%
- English as an additional language
- 14.6%
- Overall absence
- 12.55%
- Persistent absence
- 36.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Scott Medical and Healthcare College0.0 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
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Devonport High School for Boys0.5 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
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UTC Plymouth0.8 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
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Devonport High School for Girls0.9 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
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Millbay Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
Other schools in Plymouth
Stoke Damerel Community College ranks 19th of the 19 ranked secondary schools in Plymouth.
- All Saints Church of England Academy Secondary
- Coombe Dean School Secondary
- Devonport High School for Boys Secondary
- Devonport High School for Girls Secondary
- Eggbuckland Community College Secondary
- Hele's School Secondary
- Lipson Co-operative Academy Secondary
- Marine Academy Plymouth Secondary
- Millbay Academy Secondary
- Notre Dame RC School Secondary
- Plymouth High School for Girls Secondary
- Plympton Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Stoke Damerel Community College teach?
- Stoke Damerel Community College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Plymouth.
- Who is the executive principal of Stoke Damerel Community College?
- The executive principal of Stoke Damerel Community College is Miss Anita Frier, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Stoke Damerel Community College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Stoke Damerel Community College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Stoke Damerel Community College?
- Stoke Damerel Community College has 1,292 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Stoke Damerel Community College full?
- Stoke Damerel Community College has capacity for 1,680 pupils and 1,292 on roll (77%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Stoke Damerel Community College a faith school?
- No. Stoke Damerel Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Stoke Damerel Community College a selective school?
- No. Stoke Damerel Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Stoke Damerel Community College part of an academy trust?
- Stoke Damerel Community College is part of GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Stoke Damerel Community College have?
- The schools register lists Stoke Damerel Community College's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Stoke Damerel Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.1 in 2022/23 and 35.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Stoke Damerel Community College compare with other schools in Plymouth?
- Stoke Damerel Community College ranked 19th of 19 secondary schools in Plymouth for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Stoke Damerel Community College's absence rate?
- Stoke Damerel Community College's overall absence rate is 12.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Stoke Damerel Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stoke Damerel Community College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.