All Saints Church of England Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Plymouth·PL5 3NE
Composite score
51.7
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#2,318
National rank
#243
In South West
#13
In Plymouth
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.38

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
123 first choices, 130 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
245
any preference, for 130 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220221.2020231.0920240.8420250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put All Saints Church of England Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
648
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
49.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
40.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
15.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
49.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,072
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
84%
101 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
70%
Apprenticeship
9%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About All Saints Church of England Academy

All Saints Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Plymouth, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 648 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.4, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. All Saints Church of England Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 123 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 84% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 15.0%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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