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EXAM & PERFORMANCE DATA

In schools in England and Wales student performance data is compared by government agencies such as Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE). This helps parents and carers to see how well students are likely to achieve in Plymouth High School, compared to students in other similar schools. 

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GCSE Results 2023    

Percentage of students passing 5 or more grade 9-5          90.5  %

Percentage of students passing 5 or more grade 9-6         77.6   %

Percentage of students passing 5 or more grade 9-8         20.7   %

GCSE Results 2022

Percentage of students passing 5 or more grade 9-5        96.64%

Percentage of students passing 5 or more grade 9-6        81.51%

Percentage of students passing 5 or more grade 9-8        32.77%

A Level Results

Grade 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
A* - B 51% 64% 63.3% 56.2% 42.9%
A* - C 73% 85.5% 85.6% 84.3% 69.79%
A* - E 98% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Average per entry 34 points 39.09% 39.58% 37.91% 30.67%

A level Results:

Value Added:

2023

-0.65

2019

-0.23

2018

-0.17

2017

-0.2

2016

0.03

GCSE Results:

Value Added:

2023

+0.17

2019

+0.09

2018

+0.08

2017

-0.06

A Level Subject Results 2023

Subject

A*

A

B

C

D

E

TOTAL

Biology (GCE A level)

2

5

7

5

8

5

32

Business Studies:Single (GCE A level)

0

4

5

5

3

0

17

Chemistry (GCE A level)

2

3

3

4

8

0

20

D&T Product Design (GCE A level)

1

1

1

2

3

0

8

English Literature (GCE A level)

1

3

11

4

1

0

20

Art & Design (Fine Art) (GCE A level)

3

2

8

4

1

0

18

French (GCE A level)

1

3

0

0

0

0

4

Geography (GCE A level)

0

5

5

8

3

0

21

German (GCE A level)

0

2

0

1

0

0

3

History (GCE A level)

2

5

6

7

1

1

22

History (GCE AS level)

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

Law (GCE A level)

2

5

6

1

3

3

20

Mathematics (GCE A level)

3

3

7

2

2

3

20

Mathematics (Further) (GCE A level)

1

1

0

1

0

0

3

Media/Film/Tv Studies (GCE A level)

0

4

11

4

0

1

20

Physics (GCE A level)

1

0

3

2

1

3

10

Government & Politics (GCE A level)

0

2

3

1

0

1

7

Psychology (GCE A level)

1

5

9

12

10

6

43

Religious Studies (GCE A level)

0

0

1

3

0

0

4

Environmental Science (GCE A level)

0

1

2

2

11

2

18

Physical Education/Sports Studies (GCE A level)

0

0

3

2

1

0

6

Spanish (GCE A level)

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Ancient History (GCE A level)

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

GCSE Subject Results 2023

Subject Family / Assessment

%9-7

%9-5

%9-4

all subjects

47.7

89.1

96.4

Art and Design
GCSE / 9FC

35.3

97.1

100.0

Biology
GCSE / 9FC

49.1

100.0

100.0

Chemistry
GCSE / 9FC

58.5

96.2

100.0

Chinese
GCSE / 9FC

100.0

100.0

100.0

Computer Science
GCSE / 9FC

25.0

70.0

70.0

Design and Technology
GCSE / 9FC

26.9

80.8

96.2

Double Science
GCSE / 9DA

24.2

87.1

95.2

English Language
GCSE / 9FC

52.6

93.1

98.3

English Literature
GCSE / 9FC

56.9

94.8

99.1

Food Technology
GCSE / 9FC

43.9

82.9

92.7

French
GCSE / 9FC

31.7

73.2

92.7

Further Maths
GCSE 

80.0 100.0 100.0

Geography
GCSE / 9FC

46.1

86.8

94.7

German
GCSE / 9FC

62.1

86.2

96.6

History
GCSE / 9FC

59.1

83.3

90.9

Maths (General)
GCSE / 9FC

48.3

89.7

99.1

Music Studies
GCSE / 9FC

31.0

75.9

93.1

Performing Arts
GCSE / 9FC

26.9

92.3

100.0

Physics
GCSE / 9FC

58.5

94.3

100.0

Religious Studies
GCSE / 9FC

33.3

80.0

96.7

Sports Studies
GCSE / 9FC

37.0

88.9

92.6

A Level Subject Results 2022

 
Subject A* A B C D E Total
Biology (GCE A level) 2 2 4 6 3 0 17
Business Studies:Single (GCE A level) 1 1 4 3 1 0 10
Chemistry (GCE A level) 2 3 5 3 4 5 22
D&T Product Design (GCE A level) 0 0 4 1 0 0 5
Drama & Theatre Studies (GCE A level) 2 1 3 1 0 0 7
English Literature (GCE A level) 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
Art & Design (Fine Art) (GCE A level) 2 0 3 1 0 0 6
French (GCE A level) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Geography (GCE A level) 1 4 4 2 1 0 12
Geography (GCE AS level) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
German (GCE A level) 0 1 1 3 1 0 6
History (GCE A level) 6 5 5 2 1 0 19
Law (GCE A level) 4 3 3 2 4 0 16
Mathematics (GCE A level) 2 2 6 4 2 1 17
Mathematics (GCE AS level) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Physics (GCE A level) 0 0 5 1 3 0 9
Physics (GCE AS level) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Government & Politics (GCE A level) 1 1 4 1 0 0 7
Psychology (GCE A level) 1 6 13 6 1 0 27
Religious Studies (GCE A level) 0 0 3 3 0 0 6
Physical Education/Sports Studies (GCE A level) 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
Spanish (GCE A level) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

GCSE Subject Results 2022

 
      %9-7 %9-5 %9-4
ALL SUBJECTS 59.4 94.3 97.8
Art and Design GCSE / 9FC 44.4 97.8 100.0
Biology GCSE / 9FC 63.5 100.0 100.0
Chemistry GCSE / 9FC 51.9 94.2 100.0
Computer Science GCSE / 9FC 26.3 68.4 78.9
Design and Technology GCSE / 9FC 66.7 93.3 96.7
Double Science GCSE / 9DA 44.8 91.0 98.5
English Language GCSE / 9FC 69.7 95.8 98.3
English Literature GCSE / 9FC 73.1 97.5 97.5
Food Technology GCSE / 9FC 68.4 100.0 100.0
French GCSE / 9FC 53.3 86.7 100.0
Geography GCSE / 9FC 71.3 97.5 100.0
German GCSE / 9FC 47.0 92.4 97.0
History GCSE / 9FC 80.3 98.5 98.5
Maths (General) GCSE / 9FC 54.6 94.1 99.2
Music Studies GCSE / 9FC 72.2 88.9 88.9
Performing Arts GCSE / 9FC 30.0 77.5 90.0
Physics GCSE / 9FC 53.8 100.0 100.0
Religious Studies GCSE / 9FC 43.3 100.0 100.0
Spanish GCSE / 9FC 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sports Studies GCSE / 9FC 54.8 85.7 95.2
Further Maths 100.0 100.0 100.0

A Level Subject Results 2020

 

Subject

A*

A

B

C

D

E

U

Total

Art

2

3

6

3

2

0

0

16

Biology

2

7

7

7

4

2

0

29

Business

1

2

6

3

2

0

0

14

Chemistry

3

5

3

6

2

1

0

20

Computer science

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Drama

2

3

4

0

0

0

0

9

English Lit

4

4

5

8

3

0

0

24

Extended Project

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

French

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Geography

2

2

6

2

0

1

0

13

German

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

4

History

4

5

3

4

3

0

0

19

Law

3

2

7

3

2

0

0

17

Mathematics

3

2

5

3

8

0

0

21

Further Mathematics

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Photography

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

PE

3

0

3

1

2

0

0

9

Physics

2

1

2

3

0

0

0

8

Politics

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Product design

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

2

Psychology

1

4

5

19

2

2

0

33

GCSE Subject Results 2020

 

Subject

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total

Art

1

4

14

12

9

1

0

0

0

41

Biology

10

13

26

22

12

0

0

0

0

83

Chemistry

9

16

28

20

9

1

0

0

0

83

Computing

2

1

1

6

1

0

0

0

0

11

Drama

3

8

5

7

2

2

0

0

0

27

English Lit

8

17

30

34

22

6

0

0

0

117

English Lang

6

13

26

37

29

6

0

0

0

117

Food tech

3

6

2

4

1

1

0

0

0

17

French

4

3

4

5

10

3

1

1

0

31

Geography

7

9

15

17

12

6

1

0

0

67

German

1

7

13

9

13

1

0

0

0

44

History

11

13

13

20

9

7

0

0

0

73

Mathematics

11

22

39

23

17

5

0

0

0

117

Music

2

2

5

6

2

0

0

0

0

17

Physics

8

14

22

19

19

1

0

0

0

83

RE

4

6

7

10

3

1

0

0

0

31

Science Double Award

1

4

5

14

10

0

0

0

0

34

Science Double Award

0

3

4

9

16

2

0

0

0

34

Spanish

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Sports Science

2

5

5

7

4

5

3

0

0

31

Technology

3

10

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

A Level Subject Results 2019

Percentage A*-A grade                   30.03%

Percentage A*-B grade                   42.94%

Percentage A*-E grades                 94.59%

Subject

A*

A

B

C

D

E

U

Total

Art

0

1

3

5

0

0

0

9

Biology

2

4

11

12

9

10

2

50

Business

2

2

5

10

2

1

0

22

Chemistry

0

5

5

5

4

5

2

26

Computer science

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Drama

0

1

2

2

1

0

0

6

English Lit

0

1

5

5

1

0

0

12

Extended Project

7

11

12

10

7

9

1

57

French

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

Geography

1

5

8

5

0

0

0

19

German

0

1

0

5

1

1

0

8

History

1

2

11

7

1

0

0

22

Mathematics

0

3

7

3

3

6

3

25

Further Mathematics

0

0

0

2

0

1

1

4

Photography

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

PE

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Physics

0

0

4

2

2

1

2

11

Politics

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Product design

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

2

Psychology

0

5

11

13

9

3

3

44

Religious Studies

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

4

Spanish

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

GCSE Subject Results 2019

Percentage of students passing with 5 or more grade 9-5 - 91.45%

Percentage of students passing with 5 or more grade 9-6 - 68.38%

Percentage of students passing with 5 or more grade 9-7 - 41.03%

Subject

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total

Art

0

0

4

14

17

5

0

0

0

40

Biology

12

12

22

17

19

9

2

0

0

93

Chemistry

9

15

20

18

22

8

1

0

0

93

Chinese

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Drama

3

2

1

11

3

2

2

0

0

24

English Lit

10

15

20

40

22

7

1

0

0

115

English Lang

6

17

25

34

24

8

1

0

0

115

Food tech

1

4

5

2

1

1

1

0

0

15

French

3

5

9

6

11

7

2

1

0

44

Geography

3

13

20

27

15

5

2

0

0

85

German

0

5

9

11

11

13

6

0

0

55

Graphics

1

1

5

6

3

1

0

0

0

17

History

4

11

16

15

9

6

2

0

0

63

Mathematics

6

28

32

31

11

7

0

0

0

115

Music

0

0

0

5

1

0

1

0

0

7

Physics

6

15

21

22

20

9

0

0

0

93

Resistant materials

1

1

5

5

1

1

0

0

0

14

Science Double Award

0

1

4

8

8

1

0

0

0

22

Science Double Award

0

1

2

6

8

5

0

0

0

22

Sports Science

1

4

7

8

7

4

4

0

0

35

Textiles

1

4

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

10