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Schools in Plymouth
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Plymouth College (IND, SEL) 84 74 1034 318.3
Devonport High School for Girls (SEL) 98 97 1025.2 359.6
Plymstock School 67 58 1015.9 247.7
Devonport High School for Boys (SEL) 98 96 1015.5 372.2
Hele's School 62 45 1013.7 334.3
Plymouth High School for Girls (SEL) 93 88 1004 334.4
Notre Dame RC School 63 49 1002 289.7
Eggbuckland Community College 54 34 1001.3 233.2
St Boniface's RC College 65 50 989.3 206.8
Ridgeway School 45 39 986.6 220.7
Estover Community College 47 18 983.9 221.5
Coombe Dean School 46 36 983 154.9
Sir John Hunt Community College 26 17 978.6 NA
Parkside Community Technology College 41 7 977.7 NA
Lipson Community College 36 18 972.1 149.2
Tamarside Community College 32 21 968.1 187
Stoke Damerel Community College 41 17 964.1 184.5
John Kitto Community College, The 33 20 950.4 172.5
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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