SCHOOL PROFILE

Devonport High School for Boys: data, trends and context

Devonport High School for Boys is a secondary school in Plymouth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136496
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Plymouth
Region
South West
Trust
DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
PL1 5QP
Gender intake
Boys
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,300
FSM eligible
7.4%
EAL / First language other than English
10.8%
SEND (total)
6.6%
SEN Support
5.9%
EHCP
0.69%
White British
68.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.3%
Overall absence
4.7%
Persistent absence
8.4%
Severe absence
0.75%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
PlymouthLocal authority90.1%9.9%3.7%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
1.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
0.87%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
69.3
English & maths grade 5+
94.4%
English & maths grade 4+
98.9%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Devonport High School for Boys is a secondary school in Plymouth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.