Plymouth High School for Girls

Plymouth, PL4 6HT · Plymouth grammar school

Ofsted: Good Girls
Test board
Consortium: N/A. All three Plymouth grammar schools use Quest Assessments (not GL Assessment)

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2011-09-28)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After/Previously Looked After Children
  2. Medical social — Children with exceptional medical or social need specific to this school (professional evidence required)
  3. Pupil premium — Children eligible for Free School Meals Pupil Premium or Ever-6 FSM
  4. Sibling — Children with a sibling already attending the school
  5. Staff child — Children of staff employed ≥2 years (or skills-shortage recruit)
  6. Other qualified — Other qualifying children

What the entrance test covers

All three Plymouth grammar schools use papers from Quest Assessments, sat over two September Saturdays: Day 1 — English comprehension (about 40 minutes, ~60 questions: reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation, grammar). Day 2 — Mathematics in two sections: a 10-minute fluency paper and a 30-minute mathematical-reasoning paper (~60 questions total). Devonport High School for Boys additionally sets its own internal English WRITING paper on top of the shared Quest papers. One registration round covers the shared papers for all three schools; results arrive in October before the 31 October application deadline.

University destinations

Oxbridge
3%
Russell Group
32%
Top-third university
23%
Any degree
80%

Of the 90-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Drake ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£150,000

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Plymouth admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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