Scott Medical and Healthcare College

Scott Medical and Healthcare College is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection categories, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision. The college offers a well-designed curriculum that integrates both academic and vocational training, particularly in healthcare scenarios, fostering a positive learning environment where students engage eagerly with their studies. Leaders prioritize support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs, contributing to an enriching educational experience that prepares students effectively for future opportunities in medicine and healthcare.

Strengths

• Pupils relish learning and embrace opportunities to study various subjects in depth.
• Behaviour is exemplary; pupils are kind, courteous, and supportive.
• Support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is well-tailored.
• Leaders have designed a carefully structured and effective curriculum.
• Teachers exhibit strong subject knowledge and have high expectations.
• The sixth-form provision is robust, preparing students well for their future pathways.

Areas for Improvement

• Writing skills are not effectively prioritized across all subjects.
• Attendance rates are below the national average and need improvement.
• Recording of safeguarding concerns is sometimes lacking in detail.

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 Scott Medical and Healthcare College attended 86.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 41.8% 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, 11.3% of pupils at Scott Medical and Healthcare College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 Scott Medical and Healthcare College had 24.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% 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, 21.6% of pupils at Scott Medical and Healthcare College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 Scott Medical and Healthcare College received £8,128 and spent £6,243 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £196,000 (£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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Scott Medical and Healthcare College is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Stoke Damerel Community 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 Scott Medical and Healthcare College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Scott Medical and Healthcare College is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Scott Medical and Healthcare College last inspected by Ofsted?

Scott Medical and Healthcare College was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Scott Medical and Healthcare College have?

Scott Medical and Healthcare College has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Scott Medical and Healthcare College cover?

Scott Medical and Healthcare College for pupils aged 13 to 19.

Where is Scott Medical and Healthcare College?

Scott Medical and Healthcare College is at Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD.