Schools

Plymouth has 97 schools/colleges comprising two nursery schools, 71 primary phase schools (including four infant and four junior schools), 16 secondary schools (including three selective grammar schools) and eight special schools. In addition there are three pupil referral units.

In these pages you will find further information on Plymouth's schools and colleges as well as specific information of relevance to parents and pupils attending the city's schools.

Plymouth schools and colleges

For information and contact details on Plymouth schools and colleges please go to the Plymouth Schools Directory and select the type of school you want more details on (eg nursery, infant, junior, primary, secondary, special or Pupil Referral Unit).

School admissions

For information on school admissions please visit our school admissions page.

Term dates

Please see the term dates page.

Standards and monitoring

Plymouth schools and colleges continue to achieve and maintain high standards of teaching and learning.

The Office for Standards in Education (OfSTED) regularly inspects all maintained schools and colleges as well as local authorities (LAs). The Plymouth Joint Area Review (JAR) report was published in December 2006 following an inspection in autumn 2006. In the report it was noted that the impact of local services in Plymouth to help children and young people to enjoy their education and achieve well was good. The report highlighted a wide range of areas of good performance from early years education to sport and recreational opportunities. It was also indicated that support for school improvement was good and attainment was improving in all key stages.

The full JAR review for Plymouth schools/colleges as well as the LA report can be downloaded from the documents table below. Further information is available from the OfSTED website.