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Plymouth College

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formPlymouth, South West PL4 6RNSchool website
Pupils on roll
487of 1,173 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
67
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Dunstan's Abbey School (URN 113593).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Plymouth College’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.

A level grades average B-, above the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Psychology and Economics.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Plymouth and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasurePlymouth CollegePlymouthEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)24.745.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%28%41%
EBacc average point score1.933.964.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort28%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature4973%86%29%21%94%
Combined Science4466%65%14%9%89%
Business Studies3451%18%32%20%74%
Design and Technology2334%11%0%23%74%
Physics2233%23%64%46%100%
Chemistry2233%23%55%47%100%
Biology2233%23%36%45%100%
Fine Art812%9%50%28%100%
Classical Civilisation710%1%86%40%100%
Music57%5%33%
Drama57%7%27%
Photography34%6%19%
Latin23%1%74%
Media Studies11%4%20%
Chinese11%1%75%
Computer Science11%13%30%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasurePlymouth CollegePlymouthEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study113
— of whom A level students51938261,341
Average A level gradeB-C+B-
Average points per A level entry37.0434.4335.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsBC+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects22%17%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics1631%31%
Psychology1427%23%
Economics1325%13%
Physics1122%12%
Physical Education1122%3%
Biology1122%20%
Classical Civilisation918%1%
Geography816%10%
Religious Studies714%4%
Chemistry714%17%
Fine Art3%
Photography3%
Product Design2%
English Literature11%
French1%
German0%
History13%
Further Mathematics5%
Spanish2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)816%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)

Where Plymouth College is

Other secondary schools in Plymouth are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Plymouth’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Plymouth

Coombe Dean School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,000 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.2

Hele's School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,378 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.