Secondary school

Hele's School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Plymouth
  • PL7 4LT
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jul 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 857 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 27%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 35%35%2016/17: top 35%2017/18: top 53%2018/19: top 34%2021/22: top 53%2022/23: top 30%2023/24: top 42%2024/25: top 27%No exams

A-level results

#126 of 224 South West sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South West

Attainment 850.7 · South West 45.58/10 Above+27.3 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths54.4% · South West 44.2%8/10 Above+16.9 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.72 · South West 3.989/10 Top 20%+21 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.09 · South West −0.025/10 Middle−16.6 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry33.73 · South West 33.676/10 Middle+6 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 52.4 · 205 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 48.7 · 200 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 45.5 · 208 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 49 · 202 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 47.8 · 206 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 50 · 208 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 47.3 · 232 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 50.7 · 237 pupils · South West 45.4552.445.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 45% · 200 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 43% · 208 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 50% · 202 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 50% · 206 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 57% · 208 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 44.8% · 232 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 54.4% · 237 pupils · South West 44.2%57%43%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 29.35 · 91 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 27.64 · 118 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 28.68 · 109 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 30.58 · 116 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 36.52 · 90 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 30.29 · 83 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 31.55 · 85 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 33.73 · 111 pupils · South West 33.6736.5227.64No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in81.0%
226 of 279 who put it first2014 · 99.0%2026 · 81.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st279226
2nd1776
3rd981

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2015Requires improvement
  4. 2015Ungraded visit
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2023Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,378
Free school meals (past 6 years)16.9%
First language not English4.5%
SEN support14.1%
EHC plan3.2%
Absence (sessions missed)8.0%
Persistently absent pupils19.8%

Girls 48.3%Boys 51.7%

102.1% full · 1,349 places · 214 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.2
Pupils per adult13.5
  • Classroom teachers 60.1
  • Leadership 8
  • Teaching assistants 17.2
  • Other support 43.2

Teachers 68.1 FTE · Whole workforce 128.4 · 157 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,281
Spend per pupil£6,847
Staff spend per pupil£5,597
Reserve per pupil£46
  • +£64,000revenue reserve
  • +£605,000in-year balance

Grants £7,073 · self-generated £208 · premises £406 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: WESTCOUNTRY SCHOOLS TRUST (31 academies) · trust reserve £8,026,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

232 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.5%
  • Education75.9%
  • Apprenticeship12.5%
  • Employment2.2%
  • Not sustained6.9%
  • Unknown2.6%

After sixth form (16–18)

94 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained89.4%
  • Education50%
  • Higher education48.9%
  • Apprenticeship4.3%
  • Employment35.1%
  • Not sustained9.6%
  • Unknown1.1%