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Devonport High School for Girls
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Lyndhurst Road, Peverell, Plymouth PL2 3DL · dhsg.co.uk · 01752 705024
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 73.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Plymouth 45.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 971
- 131 over 840 places · 116%
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Selective
- Free school meals
- 10.2%
- First language not English
- 13.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 250 families put the school first and 158 places were offered; 63% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 158 | 250 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 157 | 237 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 158 | 228 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 157 | 182 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 119 | 199 | 1.7▲ | 60% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 73.8, and 97.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Plymouth it was 45.7, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (38.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲73.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲97.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲99.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲87.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲6.96 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 87.6 | +1.4 |
| Sixth form college | 4.1 | −2.4 |
| Further education | 7.4 | +0.9 |
| Other education | 0.8 | 0 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92 students | B (38.8) | Below average -0.25 | |
| 92 students | B (38.9) | Below average -0.25 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 101 | B (41.5) | -0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 92 | B (40.4) | — |
| 2021/22 | 101 | B+ (42.6) | — |
| 2018/19 | 98 | B- (37.4) | -0.17 |
| 2017/18 | 114 | B- (35.4) | -0.07 |
| 2016/17 | 120 | B- (36.7) | +0.07 |
| 2015/16 | 118 | B- (36.8) | -0.10 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 54.5 | −3.4 |
| Further and other education | 5.1 | +0.4 |
| Further education | 3 | +1.1 |
| Other education | 2 | −0.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | −3.5 |
| Employment | 30.3 | +8.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3 | −2.6 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | +0.3 |
Ofsted
Devonport High School for Girls was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (104 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 104
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (12%) with SEND