All Saints Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 668 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Academy sponsor led
St Boniface's RC College
- Pupils on roll
- 389of 400 places
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 76
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 23 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Boniface's RC College (URN 113558, until 28 March 2014).
What the data says
Of the 63 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Boniface's RC College in 2023, 17% stayed on in St Boniface's RC College’s own sixth form (Plymouth average 40%), 54% went to a further education college and 16% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 16% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Plymouth, with 25% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Boniface's RC College | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 63 | 2,912 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 37% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 16% | 9% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
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
| Measure | St Boniface's RC College | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.0 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 20% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.23 | 3.96 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.6 | 34.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.6 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 9% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 76 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 75 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 68% |
| English Language | 75 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 57% |
| Religious Studies | 75 | 99% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 59% |
| Combined Science | 74 | 97% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 41% |
| Geography | 54 | 71% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 39% |
| History | 43 | 57% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 53% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 34 | 45% | 8% | 12% | 21% | 82% |
| Media Studies | 21 | 28% | 4% | 10% | 20% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 25% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 32% |
| French | 16 | 21% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 69% |
| Persian | 2 | 3% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 29 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 3 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Plymouth
Coombe Dean School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.2
Devonport High School for Boys
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 69.3
Devonport High School for Girls
Academy converter · sixth form · 971 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 73.8
Eggbuckland Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,007 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.3
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.