SCHOOL PROFILE

St Boniface's RC College: data, trends and context

St Boniface's RC College 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
140693
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Plymouth
Region
South West
Trust
PLYMOUTH CAST
Postcode
PL5 3AG
Gender intake
Boys
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
389
FSM eligible
37.5%
EAL / First language other than English
12.3%
SEND (total)
27.2%
SEN Support
19.8%
EHCP
7.5%
White British
81.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.0%
Overall absence
10.0%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Severe absence
4.8%

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
21.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.1%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.77%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.0
English & maths grade 5+
25.0%
English & maths grade 4+
52.6%

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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St Boniface's RC College 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.