SCHOOL PROFILE

Marine Academy Plymouth: data, trends and context

Marine Academy Plymouth 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
147967
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Plymouth
Region
South West
Trust
THE TED WRAGG MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
PL5 2AF
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
989
FSM eligible
42.7%
EAL / First language other than English
9.3%
SEND (total)
27.9%
SEN Support
24.3%
EHCP
3.6%
White British
83.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
88.9%
Overall absence
11.1%
Persistent absence
33.8%
Severe absence
7.8%

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
52.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
16.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.41%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.6
English & maths grade 5+
32.6%
English & maths grade 4+
62.1%

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

See Marine Academy Plymouth against 25 similar schools

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Marine Academy Plymouth 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.