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Scott Medical and Healthcare College

Secondary · Plymouth · PL3 4BD

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 February 2020

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At a glance

231 pupils · 62% of 375 capacity

School type
Studio schools
Age range
13–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
32.9% of pupils
English as additional language
9.7% of pupils
SEN support
15.1% of pupils
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.scottcollege.co.uk/
URN
144760

GCSE results (2024/2025)

56 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
43.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
62.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
35.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
32.7
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11.7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
37.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,609
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
88%
Continuing in education
78%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
7%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
46%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
26%
Any sustained destination
85%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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