Stoke Damerel Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
19.69 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Stoke Damerel Community College is a secondary school in Plymouth for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Stoke Damerel Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 19.69 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 19.69 miles away, the 2nd longest of 13 Plymouth secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 233 first-choice applications for 255 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 22 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 24% reached grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 Plymouth secondary schools: this one and the 8 nearest.
- The school has 13.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.5 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Plymouth.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Plymouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, PL3 4BD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 1,292 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils typically enjoy their lessons at the school.”
- “Staff identify their individual barriers to learning and wellbeing so that pupils have the right help to overcome them.”
- “In many lessons, teachers adapt the curriculum to ensure that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged can learn as well as their peers.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not help pupils to improve the standard of their written work.”
- “This means that pupils continue to make mistakes with spelling and punctuation.”
- “This hinders how well pupils can express their knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 233 first-preference applications, 255 offers in total, 233 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Straight-line distance, in Plymouth.
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- Devonport High School for Girls 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Millbay Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Plymouth High School for Girls 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lipson Co-operative Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published