Academy converter · Secondary
Plymouth · PL9 9AZ · Plymouth
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136558
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Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,000
Local authority
Plymouth
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Plymouth, Plymouth, 1,000 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136558
Location
- Address
- Charnhill Way, Elburton
- Postcode
- PL9 8ES
- Town
- Plymouth
- County
- Devon
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- District
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- South West Devon
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,000
- Boys / girls
- 546 / 454
- School capacity
- 1,180
- Capacity fill
- 1,000 / 1,180 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 19%
- FSM pupils
- 165
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: WESTCOUNTRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- WESTCOUNTRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- Westcountry Schools Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Granville
- Telephone
- 01752406961
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-03-03
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 48.6
- Progress 8
- 0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 53%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 75%
- EBacc entry
- 34%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4