All Saints Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 668 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Free schools
Millbay Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 526of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 56.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 84
- Ofsted
- Good, 27 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Plymouth School of Creative Arts (URN 139923, until 1 March 2020).
What the data says
Millbay Academy has no sixth form. Of the 91 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 57% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Plymouth, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
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 | Millbay Academy | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 91 | 2,912 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 80% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 16% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 57% | 37% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 9% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Millbay Academy | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.9 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.06 | 3.96 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 63% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.9 | 34.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.6 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 83 | 99% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 49% |
| English Literature | 83 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 61% |
| English Language | 83 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 54% |
| Mathematics | 83 | 99% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 48% |
| Geography | 46 | 55% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 50% |
| History | 46 | 55% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 28% |
| Photography | 28 | 33% | 6% | 29% | 19% | 64% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 30% | 9% | 4% | 28% | 36% |
| Arabic | 3 | 4% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 4% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 27 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 26 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 18 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 2 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Plymouth
Coombe Dean School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,000 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.2
Devonport High School for Boys
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,300 pupils
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.