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Best schools in Plymouth

106 schools in Plymouth with the same league rank as the Plymouth and Devon league tables: each school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, on the newest year's DfE results, with the best ranked schools within reach of the town centre beside them.

Primary schools

Plymouth's own ranking

In PlymouthSchoolExpected standardHigher standardLeague rank
1St Mary's Church of England Primary School100%13%Top 1% (2/275) in Devon
2Glen Park Primary School92%19%1st (1/66) in Plymouth
3Holbeton Primary School88%25%Top 3% (8/275) in Devon
4Marine Academy Primary88%22%Top 4% (2/66) in Plymouth
5Compton CofE Primary School86%24%Top 5% (3/66) in Plymouth
6Tor Bridge Primary School86%14%Top 7% (4/66) in Plymouth
7Mayflower Academy84%8%Top 8% (5/66) in Plymouth
8Chaddlewood Primary School83%15%Top 10% (6/66) in Plymouth
9Pennycross Primary School82%12%Top 11% (7/66) in Plymouth
10Ernesettle Community School82%8%Top 13% (8/66) in Plymouth
11Prince Rock Primary School80%8%Top 14% (9/66) in Plymouth
12Yealmpton Primary School79%21%Top 14% (36/275) in Devon
13Widey Court Primary School79%10%Top 16% (10/66) in Plymouth
14Boringdon Primary School78%17%Top 17% (11/66) in Plymouth
15Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School78%12%Top 16% (43/275) in Devon
16Elburton Primary School77%13%Top 19% (12/66) in Plymouth
17Woodford Primary School77%12%Top 20% (13/66) in Plymouth
18Salisbury Road Primary School76%9%Top 22% (14/66) in Plymouth
19High View School76%4%Top 23% (15/66) in Plymouth
20Riverside Community Primary School76%3%Top 25% (16/66) in Plymouth
21Manadon Vale Primary School74%17%Top 26% (17/66) in Plymouth
22Hooe Primary Academy73%13%Top 28% (18/66) in Plymouth
23St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School73%10%Top 29% (19/66) in Plymouth
24Knowle Primary School73%5%Top 31% (20/66) in Plymouth
25Sparkwell All Saints Primary School73%0%Top 24% (64/275) in Devon
26St Edward's CofE Primary School71%11%Top 32% (21/66) in Plymouth
27Goosewell Primary Academy71%5%Top 34% (22/66) in Plymouth
28Morley Meadow Primary School70%10%Top 35% (23/66) in Plymouth
29Pilgrim Primary Academy70%8%Top 37% (24/66) in Plymouth
30Leigham Primary School67%13%Top 38% (25/66) in Plymouth
31Yealmpstone Farm Primary School67%13%Top 38% (25/66) in Plymouth
32Stuart Road Primary Academy67%10%Top 41% (27/66) in Plymouth
33St Peter's CofE Primary School67%0%Top 43% (28/66) in Plymouth
34Ford Primary School66%7%Top 44% (29/66) in Plymouth
35Stoke Damerel Primary Academy65%10%Top 46% (30/66) in Plymouth
36St Mary's Priory Junior School65%9%Top 47% (31/66) in Plymouth
37Holy Cross Catholic Primary School64%20%Top 49% (32/66) in Plymouth
38Wembury Primary School64%12%Top 45% (122/275) in Devon
39Montpelier Primary School64%4%Top 50% (33/66) in Plymouth
40Widewell Primary Academy63%11%(34/66) in Plymouth
41Pomphlett Primary School63%8%(35/66) in Plymouth
42Woodfield Primary School63%4%(36/66) in Plymouth
43High Street Primary Academy63%0%(37/66) in Plymouth
44Hyde Park Junior School62%3%(38/66) in Plymouth
45Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School61%4%(39/66) in Plymouth
46St George's CofE Primary Academy60%0%(40/66) in Plymouth
47Mount Street Primary School59%7%(41/66) in Plymouth
48Eggbuckland Vale Primary School59%3%(42/66) in Plymouth
49Lipson Vale Primary School59%3%(42/66) in Plymouth
50College Road Primary School58%3%(44/66) in Plymouth
51Laira Green Primary School58%0%(45/66) in Plymouth
52Morice Town Primary Academy57%0%(46/66) in Plymouth
53Thornbury Primary School56%12%(47/66) in Plymouth
54Marlborough Primary Academy56%8%(48/66) in Plymouth
55St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School56%4%(49/66) in Plymouth
56Plympton St Maurice Primary School56%0%(50/66) in Plymouth
57Drake Primary Academy55%3%(51/66) in Plymouth
58St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy54%1%(52/66) in Plymouth
59St Joseph's Catholic Primary School53%3%(53/66) in Plymouth
60Whitleigh Community Primary School52%2%(54/66) in Plymouth
61Oreston Community Academy51%3%(55/66) in Plymouth
62Shakespeare Primary School50%9%(56/66) in Plymouth
63Oakwood Primary Academy49%8%(57/66) in Plymouth
64Mount Wise Community Primary School49%3%(58/66) in Plymouth
65The Cathedral School of St Mary47%7%(59/66) in Plymouth
66Weston Mill Community Primary Academy46%7%(60/66) in Plymouth
67Austin Farm Academy46%0%(61/66) in Plymouth
68Victoria Road Primary44%0%(62/66) in Plymouth
69St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy42%15%(63/66) in Plymouth
70St Peter's RC Primary School41%0%(64/66) in Plymouth
71Beechwood Primary Academy34%2%(65/66) in Plymouth
72Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and Nursery27%0%(66/66) in Plymouth

Not ranked: Hyde Park Infants' School, Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School, St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School: no published figure for the newest year (DfE hides figures for small year groups), or no published results.

Ranked on 2025 KS2 results: the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths; the share reaching the higher standard breaks a tie. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England: 62%. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, key stage 2 school performance tables, 2024/25; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

Secondary schools (GCSE)

Plymouth's own ranking

In PlymouthSchoolAttainment 8Grade 5+ English and mathsLeague rank
1Devonport High School for Girls (grammar)74.997%1st (1/19) in Plymouth
2Plymouth High School for Girls (grammar)65.792%Top 11% (2/19) in Plymouth
3Devonport High School for Boys (grammar)65.189%Top 16% (3/19) in Plymouth
4Hele's School52.464%Top 22% (4/19) in Plymouth
5Plymstock School51.055%Top 27% (5/19) in Plymouth
6Scott Medical and Healthcare College47.246%Top 32% (6/19) in Plymouth
7Coombe Dean School46.648%Top 37% (7/19) in Plymouth
8Tor Bridge High45.848%Top 43% (8/19) in Plymouth
9Plympton Academy45.846%Top 48% (9/19) in Plymouth
10Marine Academy Plymouth45.647%(10/19) in Plymouth
11Lipson Co-operative Academy44.650%(11/19) in Plymouth
12Notre Dame RC School44.638%(12/19) in Plymouth
13Eggbuckland Community College44.546%(13/19) in Plymouth
14Sir John Hunt Community Sports College43.137%(14/19) in Plymouth
15Stoke Damerel Community College38.329%(15/19) in Plymouth
16St Boniface's RC College37.827%(16/19) in Plymouth
17Millbay Academy37.323%(17/19) in Plymouth
18All Saints Church of England Academy36.529%(18/19) in Plymouth
19UTC Plymouth31.524%(19/19) in Plymouth

Best ranked within 6 miles

SchoolTownFrom the centreAttainment 8Grade 5+ English and mathsLeague rank
Saltash Community SchoolSaltash4.2 miles40.630%(26/31) in Cornwall
Torpoint Community CollegeTorpoint3.8 miles39.430%(28/31) in Cornwall

Ranked on 2026 GCSE results: Attainment 8, the average grade across eight GCSEs; the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths breaks a tie. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England: 47.4. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, key stage 4 school performance tables, 2025/26; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

Sixth forms and colleges (A level)

Plymouth's own ranking

In PlymouthSchoolPoints per A level entryValue addedLeague rank
1Devonport High School for Girls (grammar)38.8-0.251st (1/15) in Plymouth
2Devonport High School for Boys (grammar)37.7-0.23Top 14% (2/15) in Plymouth
3Plymouth High School for Girls (grammar)35.3-0.33Top 20% (3/15) in Plymouth
4Plymstock School35.2+0.05Top 27% (4/15) in Plymouth
5Coombe Dean School34.8+0.23Top 34% (5/15) in Plymouth
6Hele's School33.7+0.05Top 40% (6/15) in Plymouth
7Sir John Hunt Community Sports College33.2-0.05Top 47% (7/15) in Plymouth
8Tor Bridge High33.2+0.03(8/15) in Plymouth
9Scott Medical and Healthcare College32.7-0.11(9/15) in Plymouth
10Lipson Co-operative Academy31.2-0.12(10/15) in Plymouth
11Stoke Damerel Community College30.4-0.15(11/15) in Plymouth
12Marine Academy Plymouth29.2+0.02(12/15) in Plymouth
13Plympton Academy28.4-0.56(13/15) in Plymouth
14Notre Dame RC School27.6-0.18(14/15) in Plymouth
15Eggbuckland Community College20.9-0.62(15/15) in Plymouth

Best ranked within 6 miles

SchoolTownFrom the centrePoints per A level entryValue addedLeague rank
Saltash Community SchoolSaltash4.2 miles23.9-0.47(12/13) in Cornwall
Torpoint Community CollegeTorpoint3.8 miles21.9-0.51(13/13) in Cornwall

Ranked on 2025 A level results: average points per A level entry; value added breaks a tie. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England: 35.0. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, 16 to 18 school and college performance tables, 2024/25; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

Private schools (A level)

None in Plymouth itself is ranked.

Best ranked within 12 miles

SchoolTownFrom the centrePoints per A level entryLeague rank
Plymouth College1.0 miles37.01st (1/1) in Plymouth
Mount KellyTavistock11.0 miles34.9(5/9) in Devon

Ranked on 2025 A level results: average points per A level entry. Each school's league rank is its place among its council's schools of the same phase with a figure that year; schools from several councils are listed by the same figure. England (private schools): 43.0. A dash: no figure published for that school (DfE hides figures for small groups). Source: DfE, 16 to 18 school and college performance tables, 2024/25; the same rank as the league tables (how it is worked out). Distances are as the crow flies.

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