Stoke Damerel Community College is a secondary school located in Plymouth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 08/03/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7%, which is 3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Somerset Place, Plymouth, PL3 4BD
Website: http://www.sdcc.net
Telephone: 01752556065
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Plymouth
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Anita Frier
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136626

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 08/03/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1680
Number of Pupils: 1300
Number of Boys: 689
Number of Girls: 611

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7% 4%
Persistent absence: 20% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.33 Confidence interval -0.5 to -0.16
Of the 223 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 211 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:20%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:38.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.95
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care
Ham Drive, Ham PL2 2NJ
1,826 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Stuart Road Primary School
Palmerston Street, Stoke PL1 5LL
539 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Stoke Damerel Primary School
Collingwood Road, Stoke PL1 5PA
754 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Ford Primary School
Cambridge Road, Ford PL2 1PU
956 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Cathedral School of St Mary
Cecil Street, Stonehouse PL1 5HW
1,161 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4College Road Primary School
College Road, Keyham PL2 1NS
1,262 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Stoke Damerel Community College
Somerset Place, Stoke PL3 4BD
0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedScott Medical and Healthcare College
Somerset Place, Stoke PL3 4BD
5 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Devonport High School for Boys
Paradise Road, Stoke PL1 5QP
889 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
1out of 4UTC Plymouth
Park Avenue, PL1 4RL
1,352 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Devonport High School for Girls
Lyndhurst Road, Peverell PL2 3DL
1,503 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedCity College Plymouth
Kings Road, Devonport PL1 5QG
1,116 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedMillbay Academy
22 Millbay Road, PL1 3EG
1,610 yd Free schools Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedFletewood School at Derry Villas
88 North Road East, PL4 6AN
1,552 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedPlymouth College
Ford Park, Plymouth PL4 6RN
1,729 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedUniversity of Plymouth
Drake Circus, PL4 8AA
1,766 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedPlymouth College of Art
Tavistock Place, PL4 8AT
1,932 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedKing's School
Hartley Road, Mannamead PL3 5LW
2,211 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.