Stoke Damerel Community College

Stoke Damerel Community College provides a generally positive educational environment, characterized by strong leadership and a commitment to student wellbeing. The school has established effective safeguarding practices and is working closely with a local trust to address challenges like attendance and achievement gaps, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. While there have been improvements in the post-16 provision, the overall performance of Year 11 pupils remains a concern, with their qualifications consistently underperforming compared to national averages.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding practices ensure pupils feel safe.
• Leaders act in the best interests of students and work collaboratively in developing tailored educational strategies.
• The school offers a robust personal development curriculum, preparing students for adult life.
• The careers guidance program is effective, helping students with aspirations for further education and employment.

Areas for Improvement

• Year 11 pupils do not achieve as highly in their qualifications as peers nationally.
• Attendance is lower than the national average, although improving.
• Inconsistent teaching quality impacts students’ learning, particularly for those with barriers.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Stoke Damerel Community College attended 87.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 36.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 12.4% of pupils at Stoke Damerel Community College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Stoke Damerel Community College had 13.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.8% of pupils at Stoke Damerel Community College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 4 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Stoke Damerel Community College received £8,964 and spent £9,263 for each of its 1,285 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,060,000 (£825 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Greenshaw Learning Trust, income was £8,062 and spending £7,907 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Stoke Damerel Community College is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Scott Medical and Healthcare College Plymouth
• Montpelier Primary School Plymouth
• Whitleigh Community Primary School Plymouth
• Sir John Hunt Community Sports College Plymouth
• Blaise High School Bristol
• Woodlands Primary School Bristol
• Yate Academy Yate
• Tyndale Primary School Yate
• Five Acres High School Coleford
• Hunts Grove Primary Academy Gloucester

What is Stoke Damerel Community College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stoke Damerel Community College is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Stoke Damerel Community College last inspected by Ofsted?

Stoke Damerel Community College was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Stoke Damerel Community College have?

Stoke Damerel Community College has 1,292 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stoke Damerel Community College cover?

Stoke Damerel Community College for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Stoke Damerel Community College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 38.3, and 29% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Stoke Damerel Community College?

Stoke Damerel Community College is at Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD.