Scott Medical and Healthcare College, Plymouth

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Scott Medical and Healthcare College, a specialist 14-19 college in Plymouth dedicated to giving every student an exceptional educational experience. First and foremost, our goal is to ensure high academic achievement - delivering top GCSE and A-Level outcomes through expert specialist teaching, a world-class curriculum, and disruption-free classrooms."

In 2026, pupils at Scott Medical and Healthcare College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Plymouth and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Plymouth and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.76: pupils made well above 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 37.7, against 51.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 15 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Health Studies and Chemistry.

Across Plymouth, 92% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Plymouth lodged 80 appeals against secondary school offers; 53 reached a hearing and 13 succeeded (24.5% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Scott Medical and Healthcare College are Stoke Damerel Community College (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.3); Devonport High School for Boys (0.5 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 65.1); UTC Plymouth (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.5); and Devonport High School for Girls (0.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 74.9).

Scott Medical and Healthcare College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Scott Medical and Healthcare College is one of 39 schools run by Greenshaw Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48 in 2024/25.

69 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Scott Medical and Healthcare College (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

Of the 67 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college and 6% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 24 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 29% into work. 11% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (76%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 50 pupils (21.6%) received SEN support and 1 (0.4%) 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.

Scott Medical and Healthcare College had 10 teachers in 2026, one for every 23 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Devonport Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is New Zealand House (ne-bound), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Scott Medical and Healthcare College 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 914 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, Scott Medical and Healthcare College issued 139 suspensions, 58.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Scott Medical and Healthcare College are Stuart Road Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Stoke Damerel Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Ford Primary School (0.5 miles) and The Cathedral School of St Mary (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.