Marine Academy Plymouth, Plymouth

In its own words: "At MAP, we have a clear and ambitious mission: to provide every student with the opportunity to get to and through university. By achieving this, we enable all students to excel in top careers and live the best lives."

In 2026, pupils at Marine Academy Plymouth averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Plymouth and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Plymouth and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.35: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.8, against 50 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 174 families put Marine Academy Plymouth as their first choice and 281 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Marine Academy Plymouth are All Saints Church of England Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.5); Devonport High School for Girls (1.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 74.9); Sir John Hunt Community Sports College (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.1); and Sir John Hunt Community Sports College (1.6 miles).

Marine Academy Plymouth's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Marine Academy Plymouth is one of 18 schools run by The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.6 in 2024/25.

Of the 128 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 74% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 42% to a further education college, 9% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 50 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 32% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

42.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 240 pupils (24.3%) received SEN support and 36 (3.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is St Budeaux Ferry Road Rail Station, about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tamarside School Grounds (w-bound), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Marine Academy Plymouth issued 509 suspensions, 52.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Marine Academy Plymouth are Marine Academy Primary (under 0.1 miles), Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School (0.2 miles), St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy (0.2 miles) and Victoria Road Primary (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.