Millbay Academy, Plymouth

In 2026, pupils at Millbay Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Plymouth and 47 across England.

23% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Plymouth and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 36.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.51: pupils made well 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 32.3, against 44.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 15 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 95 families put Millbay Academy as their first choice and 188 named it as one of their preferences, for 103 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 Millbay Academy are Devonport High School for Boys (0.5 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 65.1); Stoke Damerel Community College (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.3); Scott Medical and Healthcare College (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.2); and Plymouth High School for Girls (1 mile, selective, Attainment 8 65.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Millbay Academy.

Millbay Academy is one of 20 schools run by Reach South Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 78 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 67% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

56.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 31.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (54%), Black (12%) and Asian (8%).

In 2026, 120 pupils (22.8%) received SEN support and 44 (8.4%) 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.

Millbay Academy had 41 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Plymouth Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Phoenix Street (w-bound), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Millbay Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 1036 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Plymouth (196), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Millbay Academy issued 369 suspensions, 67.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Millbay Academy are St Peter's CofE Primary School (0.2 miles), St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School (0.2 miles), The Cathedral School of St Mary (0.3 miles) and High Street Primary Academy (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.