ACE Schools Plymouth
Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 4–19 · Plymouth
ACE Schools Plymouth is an alternative provision school in Plymouth for ages 4–19 (academy alternative provision converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024.
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Key facts
- Address
- Martins Gate, Bretonside, Plymouth, PL4 0AT
- Type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 4–19
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 236 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “ACE Schools Plymouth provides a calm and nurturing environment.”
- “Parents and carers are highly positive about how staff look beyond their child’s special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), accepting them for who they are.”
- “Pupils experience success because staff understand their individual needs extremely well and have high expectations of what they can, and do, achieve.”
To improve
- “Pupils recognise they have many gaps in their knowledge, which they are keen to remove.”
- “However, the school has not checked the impact of the curriculum in some subjects across all provisions.”
- “Therefore, it does not have a full picture of how well pupils learn the intended curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Plymouth.
- Fletewood School and Nursery 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chapel Bridge School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Plymouth College 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- King's School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Courtlands School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mount Tamar School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cann Bridge School 3.3 mi Not judged
- Brook Green Centre for Learning 3.4 mi Not judged